 By January 1919, he fell ill again and was back in the hospital.Fellow writer Ivo Vojnović became worried for his friend's life and appealed to Andrić's old schoolteacher Tugomir Alaupović (who had just been appointed the new kingdom's Minister of Religious Affairs) to use his connections and help Andrić pay for treatment abroad.In February, Andrić wrote Alaupović and asked for help finding a government job in Belgrade.