About the James Joyce Centre

James Joyce - biography.

James Joyce was born in Rathgar, Dublin in 1882 and graduated from University College, Dublin in 1902. By then he had already shown signs of what was to come, having had an essay on Ibsen published – a feat which brought him to the attention of W.B. Yeats. He left Dublin in 1904 to work as an English teacher in Paris, Zurich and Trieste. During that time he established himself as one of the leading novelists of his day with “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man”(1916), Ulysses(1922), and “Finnegan’s Wake” (1939). His reputation as a novelist stands to the present day.

Joyce also wrote short stories - the most famous of which was The Dead; which John Huston made into a memorable film. Joyce also wrote a collection of poetry. Strangely, though his writings are based in Dublin he never returned to live there. Joyce died in Zurich in 1941.

THE JAMES JOYCE INSTITUTE OF IRELAND is dedicated to promoting and understanding of the life and works of James Joyce. The society meets on Tuesday evenings from mid-September to mid-June at 7.30 in the James Joyce Centre to read and discuss Joyce's works. These meetings are open to the public. But the centre is not just about meetings – the organise walking tours of historic Joycean Dublin and take in some of the monumental and ordinary sights and sounds of the city in which Joyce staged all his works.

Walking Tours Schedule
Saturdays 11am - A Joyce Circular
Saturdays 2pm – Dubliners.
The Joyce Centre houses permanent and temporary exhibitions which include films and interactive computers by which the visitor can delve into the work and life of James Joyce. For information on lectures, tours and exhibitions organised by the society contact: Dorothy Dennis, Secretary, James Joyce Institute of Ireland. Address; Tel: +353 1 878 8547 Fax: +353 1 878 8488 For further enlightenment on Joyce visit the James Joyce Centre in Sandycove, Dublin, Website www.James Joyce Centre

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