ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

JAMES JOYCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
James Joyce was born in ____
A
Zurich
B
Dublin
C
Triest
D
Paris
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -James Joyce, in full James Augustine Aloysius Joyce, (born February 2, 1882, Dublin, Ireland-died January 13, 1941, Zürich, Switzerland), 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).

Detailed explanation-2: -James Joyce was born in Dublin in 1882 and was just 22 years of age when left Ireland on the 8th of October 1904 accompanied by Nora Barnacle on a journey that took them across Europe to Pula on the Adriatic, where Joyce secured a post as a language teacher.

Detailed explanation-3: -Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 at 41 Brighton Square, Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland, to John Stanislaus Joyce and Mary Jane “May” (née Murray). He was the eldest of ten surviving siblings.

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