The author was born in a refugee camp situated in Sindenfingen, Germany on November 2, 1948. His parents were both prisoners of war and relocated to this camp as soon as the war was over. When he was one and a half years old, he left Germany with his mother and siblings and emigrated to Val-d'Or, Quebec, Canada where his father already established a home.He was educated in the English language but also possessed the knowledge of the French language. He married a Quebecoise at the age of nineteen, had three children all boys and celebrated his fiftieth year of marriage on December 30, 2017. His children are fully bilingual and college educated.The author spent most of his life working in the mining sector as an accountant. He retired at the age of fifty seven due to the appearance of a hereditary eye disease called "Cone and Rod Dystrophy". He lives in Val-d'Or, Quebec with his wife and travels as much as he can.