Simplify the following text for a Grade 7 native English-speaking person.
Original: After Oxford , he found an entry-level job at The Times Literary Supplement , and at age 27 became literary editor of The New Statesman , where he met Christopher Hitchens , then a feature writer for The Observer , who remains a close friend .
Simplified: After Oxford , he got a job at The Times Literary Supplement . At age 27 , he became literary editor of The New Statesman .