The family was large, with James the oldest of ten children who survived childhood. James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and literary critic. His parents, John and Mary Jane Murray Joyce, were both musically talented, a trait which was passed along to their son. James Joyce was born February 2, 1882, in Rathgar, a Dublin suburb. No one who has any self-respect stays in Ireland but flees afar as though from a country that has undergone the visitation of an angered Jove." (Lecture Ireland, Island of Saints and Sages) The economic and intellectual conditions that prevail in his own country do not permit the development of individuality. Notable Quote: "When the Irishman is found outside of Ireland in another environment, he very often becomes a respected man.Children: son Giorgio and daughter Lucia.Selected Works: Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Ulysses, Finnegans Wake.
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