Ion talks about himself, his work for the police despite being visually impaired, and the role literature plays for him.
MY NAME IS ION.
Who could have imagined the fate that awaited me: my birth under a dictatorship, the loss of my eyesight through an accident, my sudden escape from my homeland to seek a future that was a little too idyllic?
One thing is certain: fate is like all the criminals that I listen to today for the Belgian federal police. With a little willpower, there’s always a way to dodge its tricks. The person who taught me that is a close and loyal childhood friend. That friend is literature. Without her, I probably wouldn’t be what I am now, here, among you.
MY NAME IS ION.
Who could have imagined the fate that awaited me: my birth under a dictatorship, the loss of my eyesight through an accident, my sudden escape from my homeland to seek a future that was a little too idyllic?
One thing is certain: fate is like all the criminals that I listen to today for the Belgian federal police. With a little willpower, there’s always a way to dodge its tricks. The person who taught me that is a close and loyal childhood friend. That friend is literature. Without her, I probably wouldn’t be what I am now, here, among you.