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Exit Test James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 in Dublin, Ireland.0:00
His father, John, was a failed businessman, and Joyce's family had very little money when he was growing up.0:10
Throughout his childhood and teenage years, he received his education from Catholic priests.0:17
In 1898, he became a student at University College in Dublin.0:23
Although his two greatest works, Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake, are set in Dublin, James Joyce left his native country in 1902 and went to Paris.0:29
The rest of his life was spent mostly abroad.0:39
Among other professions, Joyce worked as a teacher and a journalist while he continued with his writing.0:43
Even though he lived most of his life outside of Ireland, the fictional world he created in his novels is based on friends, family, and events from his time growing up in Dublin.0:49
James Joyce is most famous for his experimental use of language.1:00
He managed to put words together in a way that no other writer ever had before.1:03
As well as writing novels, this amazingly talented man also wrote short stories and poetry.1:08
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