Baldwin’s fame in Istanbul in 1970 made it hard for him to write.

Evidence

The translation of Another Country into Turkish and his successful staging of John Herbert’s play Fortune and Men’s Eyes in December 1969 had robbed Jimmy of the relative peace the ancient city afforded him. He was famous there now, in the troublesome sense of the word, and it had become difficult, if not impossible, for him to get his work done. — Eddie S. Glaude Jr., Begin Again, 418

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