Aufray knew Dylan and his work from his time in New York City,[1] as well as from record shops, and his translations capture the rawness of the original songs.

[3] Once Aufray's parents divorced, the family left Paris for Sorèze (Tarn - Occitania), where he was raised by his mother.

While supporting Peter, Paul and Mary in New York in 1962, he struck up a friendship with Bob Dylan,[1] who would then visit him in Paris in 1964.

[1] Aufray represented Luxembourg in the 1964 Eurovision Song Contest, performing "Dès que le printemps revient" and finishing fourth.

[12] In 2022,[13] he received a special prize[14] celebrating his whole musical career, during the 63rd International Congress of the Société des Poètes et Artistes de France (Spaf),[15] which was organized that year in Sorèze.