James Joyce
2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941
James Joyce was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic who is regarded as one of the most influential writers of the modernist avant-garde. He is best known for his novel Ulysses, as well as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Dubliners, and Finnegans Wake.
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Life events
James Joyce was born in the Dublin suburb of Rathgar into a large Catholic family.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe studied modern languages at University College Dublin.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe emigrated with Nora Barnacle, living in Trieste, Zurich, and Paris for much of his life.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis collection of short stories depicting Irish middle-class life appeared after years of publishing difficulties.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis semi-autobiographical first novel established his reputation as a modernist writer.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis landmark modernist novel was published in Paris on his fortieth birthday.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis final and most experimental novel appeared after seventeen years of work.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgJames Joyce died in Zurich following surgery for a perforated ulcer.
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