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James Joyce · Life in Weeks

A central figure of literary modernism whose experimental prose reinvented the novel. His meticulously constructed works, set largely in Dublin, push language and narrative into new dimensions.

1882–1941 Irish Writer 3,075 weeks (59 Years)

James Joyce: 3,075 weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

3,075
Total Weeks
21,525
Days Lived
6
Key Milestones
59
Years

Key Milestones

Age 20 · Week ~1,040

Graduated from University College Dublin

Age 22 · Week ~1,144

Left Ireland for continental Europe with Nora Barnacle

Age 32 · Week ~1,664

Published Dubliners, his collection of interlinked short stories

Age 34 · Week ~1,768

Published A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Age 40 · Week ~2,080

Published Ulysses in Paris on his fortieth birthday

Age 57 · Week ~2,964

Published Finnegans Wake after 17 years of work

Legacy

Wrote Ulysses, widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century. His later work Finnegans Wake represents one of the most linguistically inventive books ever written.

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