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Absence, the highest form of presence.

James Joyce

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James Joyce
Age: 58 †
Born: 1882
Born: February 2
Died: 1941
Died: January 13
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Father
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Prosaist
Teacher
Writer
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce
Form
Absence
Presence
Highest

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