JAMES JOYCE

James Joyce was raised in the Republic of Ireland. He stated writing in 1916 with his first short story collection called, Dubliners. His writing career ended in 1989.

INTERESTING FACTS

• He spoke 17 different languages
• He is the oldest of 10 children
• He had 2 kids
• Because of his eye issues and surgeries he had to write on large paper with a red crayon

While other men went of to fight in WW1, Joyce began a productive writing period in his life

Most of his short stories were fictional and about religious and intellectual awakening. Since he lived in the middle class life in Ireland during the early 20th century and during WW2 many of his writing influences came from that

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SOURCES

• Biography.com
• Writersinspire.org
• Google.com