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DUBLIN celebrated June 16 as the centenary of
Bloomsday, the day on which James Joyce’s epic novel Ulysses is
set. In Ulysses Joyce immortalised June 16, 1904, the day of his
first date with the woman who later became his wife. Dubliners downed
early morning pints of Guiness and ate a hearty breakfast in honour of
Leopold Bloom who begins his momentous day with pork kidney fried in
sizzling butter sauce and sprinkled with pepper.
The celebrations launched on February 2, Joyce’s birthday, brings
together events ranging from art exhibitions to concerts. Some 40
countries from South Korea to Norway marked Bloomsday.
A statue of James Joyce at Zurich’s Fluntern cemetery where he is buried
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