About
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882. Educated at Jesuit institutions, he left Ireland in 1904 with Nora Barnacle, who later became his wife. He lived in Trieste, Rome, Zurich, and Paris, working as an English teacher. His work, marked by stream of consciousness, revolutionized 20th-century literature. His books include 'Dubliners', 'Ulysses', and 'Finnegans Wake'. Suffering from chronic eye problems, he died in Zurich in 1941.
* 1882-02-02 — † 1941-01-13
Major works
- Dubliners (1914)short story collection
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916)novel
- Ulysses (1922)novel
- Finnegans Wake (1939)novel
- Chamber Music (1907)poetry collection
Key milestones
- 1904Meets Nora Barnacle on 10 June; their first outing on 16 June becomes the setting of Ulysses, celebrated as Bloomsday.
- 1922Publication of Ulysses in Paris by Shakespeare and Company; the work is banned in the US until 1934 and in the UK until 1936.
- 1941Dies in Zurich on 13 January, following surgery for a perforated ulcer.
Themes
stream of consciousnessIrish identityexile and belonginglanguage and experimentationurban life
Sources: catdir.loc.gov · britannica.com · exhibits.library.cornell.edu
