The Resume

(February 2, 1882-January 13, 1941)
Wrote 'Ulysses,' 'Finnegans Wake' and 'The Dead'

Why he might be annoying:

He drank heavily.
He enjoyed the use of prostitutes in high school and college.
His brother bailed him out several times by paying many of his bills.
His daughter, Lucia went insane.
Many of his works were considered highly obscene.

Why he might not be annoying:

Many of his books were banned.
He grew up in a wealthy family that slid into poverty.
He rejected his Catholicism on behalf of his literary work.
He needed surgery because of his poor eyesight.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• 20th Century Poets
• 25 Most Downloaded eBooks on Project Gutenberg (Ranked: 6)
• A & E Biographies of the Millennium (Ranked: 86)
• An Asteroid was Named in My Honor (Ranked: 5418)
• BBC Big Read: The UK's Top 200 Novels [2003] (Ranked: 78)
• Born in Dublin, Ireland
• Born on Groundhog's Day [February 2] (Ranked: 1882)
• Celebrities Born on the Same Date [February] (Ranked: 2021882)
• Celebrities on the Cover of Sgt. Pepper
• Cracked.com's 6 Famous Geniuses You Didn't Realize Were Perverts (Ranked: 4)
• Exiles
• I Attended University College Dublin
• I Died in 1941 (Ranked: 59)
• I Have a Death Mask
• I Write Bildungsroman
• John Updike's 10 Greatest Works of Literature of the Second Millennium [2000] (Ranked: 1922)
• Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century [1999] (Ranked: 28)
• Life Magazine's 100 People Who Changed the World [2010] (Ranked: 81)
• Listverse's Top 25 Famous Redheads (Ranked: 18)
• Luscious Laddies
• Male Pipe Smokers
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 1)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 3)
• Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century [1998] (Ranked: 77)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 4)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 8)
• NPR's 100 Best Literary Characters of the 20th Century [Authors - 2002] (Ranked: 9)
• Poets
• Profiles 1751-2000 (Ranked: 1882)
• Redheads - Female [A-L]
• Redheads - Male
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century [1998]
• UK Guardian's Alison McLeod's Top 10 Short Stories [2007] (Ranked: 2)
• Whores and Johns
• Writers Featured in the Barnes & Noble Authors Mural

Year In Review:

In 2023, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 88 Votes: 42.05% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 47 Votes: 55.32% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 37 Votes: 70.27% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 17 Votes: 29.41% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 17 Votes: 58.82% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 140 Votes: 49.29% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 36 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 90 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 58 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 114 Votes: 54.39% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 150 Votes: 55.33% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 233 Votes: 44.64% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 323 Votes: 43.03% Annoying
In 2003, Out of 702 Votes: 44.30% Annoying
In 2002, Out of 1817 Votes: 46.73% Annoying
In 2001, Out of 3951 Votes: 56.44% Annoying