James Joyce
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Joyce wearing an eye patch. He never actually lost an eye, but claimed the patch helped his failing eyesight. | |
Born |
February 2, 1882 Dublin |
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Died |
January 13, 1941 Zürich | (aged 58)
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (1882 – 1941) was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. He is best known for his novel Ulysses.
Literature
- Books by Joyce
- Dubliners, 1914.
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1916.
- Ulysses, 1918–.
- Finnegans Wake, 1939.
- Books about Joyce
- Richard Ellmann, James Joyce, 1959/1982.