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1 Read the text. Why is 16th June a significant day? Give three reasons.

James Joyce

Ireland's literary hero

If you ever find yourself in the centre of Dublin on 16th June, you might be surprised to see a lot of people wearing very old-fashioned clothes. That’s because this is ‘Bloomsday’ – an annual celebration of the life of James Joyce. Joyce was a famous Irish author who wrote poems, short stories and autobiographical novels. On this day every year, people from all around the world come to Dublin to remember him.

One of Joyce’s most famous books is Ulysses. The protagonist of this novel is called Leopold Bloom, and that’s why people celebrate ‘Bloomsday’. The novel describes in detail the events of one single day: 16th June 1904. In real life, this was a very important day for James Joyce. It was the day he met the woman who later became his wife – Nora Barnacle.

Although James Joyce wrote all his books about Ireland, he and Nora didn’t stay there. Their spirit of adventure took them to Italy, Switzerland and France. They were living in Paris when the Second World War began. James Joyce died about a year later, in 1941. Joyce’s work has inspired writers of every generation since then, and Ulysses is considered to be one of the great classics of 20th century literature.

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