limbour spent much of his early adult life outside of france. in 1924 he traveled to the rhine to work as a journalist attached to the french army. on 14 july, from the steps of the mainz opera house, he shouted 'down with france', and encouraged the local german population to throw out the french army. this action attracted praise from breton, but resulted in limbour being expelled from germany. later that year he went to albania to teach philosophy, then to egypt in 1926 where he remained until 1928. in 1930 he joined the french lycée in warsaw, teaching there until the onset of war made it impossible to stay. in 1938 he was appointed to a teaching position in parthenay in western france, but was then mobilized with the outbreak of the war. he took part in some of the early fighting and was demobilized with the armistice in 1940. later he taught in dieppe, and then, from 1955, in paris, at the lycée jean-baptiste-say. he retired from teaching in 1963.