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In 1968 [34] I wasn’t working in the ministry any more, because I’d left it in 1967. I’d stopped being departmental director. It was a professional demotion. I wouldn’t say I took it as my biggest defeat, because at that time it still seemed as though there was a light at the end of the tunnel.
In 1968 I was already 50-something. I retired at 64 [1975]. After that I carried on working part time. By that time I didn’t feel any pull abroad; I realized that at that age, with my skills, I wouldn’t have anything to do abroad – I wasn’t a writer.
In 1968 I was already 50-something. I retired at 64 [1975]. After that I carried on working part time. By that time I didn’t feel any pull abroad; I realized that at that age, with my skills, I wouldn’t have anything to do abroad – I wasn’t a writer.
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1968
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Julian Gringras