Desc: 100 Years of Ulysses: Directed by Ruán Magan. With Ann Skelly, Nora Barnacle, Sylvia Beach, Valérie Benejam. Paris, France, February 2, 1922. The novel Ulysses, by Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941), is published by US poet Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), owner of the small bookstore Shakespeare and Co. The book, whose writing consumed seven years of Joyce's life, years in which his family was in financial need, would have a profound and unprecedented impact on 20th century literature and culture.