Novelist James Joyce

James Joyce

Living place: Ireland

Birthday: 2-2-1882

Global rank: #23300

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Who is Novelist James Joyce?
Acclaimed modern Irish author who became known for his astonishing command of the English language and his controversially intricate works of fiction. His famous works include Ulysses, Finnegans Wake, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and Dublin.
When reviewers heard Ulysses called mundane and vulgar, Joyce responded by saying, "If Ulysses is unfit to read, then life is unfit to live.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He attended Jesuit schools in and around Dublin, where he excelled in French, Italian, Latin and German, as well as in classical literary studies. In his eighteen twenties he emigrated to mainland Europe, spending time in Switzerland and France.

Family life info

He was born in Dublin, Ireland to Mary Jane Murray and John Stanislaus Joyce, and he grew up with nine siblings including fellow writer. joyce/os6">Stanislaus Joyce. He met his future wife, Nora Barnacle, in 1904. This couple later She had two children named Giorgio and Lucia.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Novelist James Joyce?
During the seventeen years it took Joyce to write his final novel, Finnegans Wake, he suffered from worsening eyesight and enlisted the help of literary friends like Samuel Beckett.

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When was Novelist James Joyce born?
James Joyce was born in 2-2-1882, death year is , at the age of 142.
Where is Novelist James Joyce's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
James Joyce was born in . is a Novelist, whose Zodiac is Aquarius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Snake. James Joyce's global rank is 23300 and whose rank is 90 in list of famous Novelist.
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Birthday James Joyce (2-2) in history

  • Day 2-2 year 1536: The capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, is the largest port city founded by Spanish explorer Pedro de Mendoza.
  • Day 2-2 year 1709: Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued after four years alone on a deserted island off the coast of Chile. He was the inspiration for writer Daniel Defoe to write the famous novel "Robinson Crusoe."
  • Day 2-2 year 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States a huge portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including California and New Mexico.
  • Day 2-2 year 1870: The Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.
  • Day 2-2 year 1876: The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed.
  • Day 2-2 year 1887: The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.
  • Day 2-2 year 1922: James Joyce's Ulysses was published.
  • Day 2-2 year 1943: Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.
  • Day 2-2 year 1971: Idi Amin became dictator of Uganda.
  • Day 2-2 year 1980: The Abscam scandal was revealed.
  • Day 2-2 year 1990: South African President F. W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
  • Day 2-2 year 2003: Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.
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