James Augustine Aloysius Joyce ( 2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 ) was an Irish novelist and poet , considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century .
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce ( Irish : Séamus Seoighe ) ( 2 February 1882 - 13 January 1941 ) was an Irish writer and poet of the modernist movement .