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Birthday
James Joyce was born in Rathgar, Dublin. -
College
Joyce began college at University College, Dublin. -
First publication
He published ‘Ibsen’s New Drama’ -
Second publication
‘The Day of the Rabblement’ was published -
16th June
He met his wife Nora Barnacle, and he will set the plot of the Ulysses in this date; this date will become the Bloomsday, an annual commemoration in Dublin. -
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Children
Giorgio, James and Nora’s son, was born in 1905 and they moved to Trieste.
In 1906 they lived for a short period in Rome.
In 1907 Their daughter, Lucia, was born and they moved back to Trieste; meanwhile ‘Chamber Music’ was published. -
‘Chamber Music’
‘Chamber Music’, a collection of 36 short poems was published. -
‘Dubliners’
‘Dubliners’, a collection of short stories about Dublin and its life was completed in 1905 and finally published in 1914. -
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
The London magazine ‘the Egoist’ began serialising ‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’. -
Zürich
The Joyce family moved to Zürich;
he worked on ‘Ulysses’ and also on ‘Exiles’ -
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‘A Portrait’ publication
‘A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man’ was published in the U.S.A. (1916) and in Britain (1917) -
Paris
He moved to Paris. -
‘Ulysses’
‘Ulysses’ was published in 1922, it was a limited edition until 1924 -
Marriage
James Joyce and Nora Barnacle married. -
Final decade
His daughter’s illness, his father’s death and his increasing blindness influenced negatively the last period of his life.
He continued to write and ‘Finnegans Wake’ was published. -
Zürich again
Due to the France’s occupation Joyce and his family moved again to Zürich. -
Joyce’s Death
James Joyce died of a perforated duodenal ulcer at the age of 58; he was buried in Fluntern cemetery in Zürich.