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James Joyce (his full name was James Augustine Aloysius Joyce) was a modern author, living in the 20th century. 
 He was for sure one of the most radical innovators of twentieth-century writing.
 
 
 
 * 2.2.1882 in Rathgar (a suburb of Dublin)
 
 
 
 - studied philosophy and language in Dublin
 
 
 
 - he lived in Dublin, Trieste, Zürich and Paris
 
 
 
 - 1905-1915 James Joyce worked as an English teacher
 
 in Trieste
 
 
 
 - 1914 he began to work on his greatest achievment;
 
 `Ulysses`
 
 
 
 - in 1930 James Joyce became almost blind
 
 
 
 - he died in Zürich, 13.1.1941
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 James Joyce's works:
 
 
 
 1907 Chamber Music (poems)
 
 1914 Dubliners
 
 1916 Portrait of the  artist as a young man
 
 1918 Exiles (his only play)
 
 1922 Ulysses
 
 1927 Pomes Penyeach
 
 1939 Finnegan's Wake
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