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Joyce's Birth
James Joyce was born in Dublin. He was the oldest of ten children. -
Degree
He graduated in Modern Languages at the University College Dublin, where he studied French, Italian and German languages and literatures and English literature. -
To Paris
He left Dublin and spent some time in Paris. -
Back to Dublin
The mother’s fatal illness brought Joyce back to Dublin. -
Bloomsday
First date with Nora Barnacle, who became his wife in 1931. -
In Trieste
Joyce and Nora Barnacle moved to Italy, settling in Trieste. Joyce worked as English teacher and became friend with Italo Svevo. -
Chamber Music
Joyce published Chamber Music, a collection of poetry. -
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In Switzerland
At the outbreak of the war Joyce left Trieste with his family and moved to Zurich, where he stayed till the end of the war. The time in Switzerland was a very fruitful period: after the publication of the Portrait, he wrote much of his masterpiece, Ulysses and published the play Exiles. -
Dubliners
Joyce published Dubliners, a collection of short stories about Dublin and Dublin life, which was completed in 1905, but published on the eve of the First World War. -
The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.
Joyce published his semi-autobiographical novel: The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. -
Exiles
Joyce published his only play, Exiles, a study of a husband and wife relationship. -
To France
Joyce moved to France, after a short period in Trieste. -
Ulysses
Ulysses was published in Paris by Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare and Company, because declared obscene and banned in Britain and America. -
New experimentations
He began to work on his huge experimental novel: Finnegans Wake. -
Finnegans Wake
Joyce reading from Finnegans WakeFinnegans Wake was completed and published, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Hitler’s advance in Europe forced Joyce to leave France and to flee to the neutral Switzerland. -
Joyce's death
Joyce died in Zurich.
