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1882 – 1941 · Rathgar
James Joyce
James Joyce left Dublin so he could spend his whole life walking back into it.
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James Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882, and though he spent most of his adult life abroad, Dublin never left his writing. His family started comfortable and slid into poverty as his father drank and lost money, which taught Joyce early what it meant to watch a household unravel. He studied languages, thought about medicine, and left Ireland in his early twenties with Nora Barnacle, the woman he would spend his life with.
Books on the Atlas
- Ulysses 1922
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