Cendrars responded by correcting some grammatical errors, which served to encourage Deluy.
Five years later, Deluy interrupted his studies and hitchhiked to England, where he supported himself fruit-picking.
He then decided to go to Sweden, but while travelling through the Netherlands, he met his first wife, who introduced him to a whole generation of ultra-modernist poets such as Adriaan Roland Holst, Lucebert, and Gerrit Kouwenaar.
This proved to have a significant impact on his development as a writer, translator, and editor.
[citation needed] Henri Deluy was editor of Action poétique.