James Joyce, in full James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (born Feb. 2, 1882, Dublin, Ire.—died Jan. 13, 1941, Zürich, Switz.), Irish novelist noted for his experimental use of language and exploration of new literary methods in such large works of fiction as Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939).
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