James stephens poet biography project

James Stephens | Irish Poet, Novelist, Folklorist

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James Stephens was born on February 2, in Dublin, Ireland, and died December 26, , in London, England.

At the age of two James' father passed away leaving his mother to fend for herself in the Dublin slums.

His mother remarried or took up with another man when James was about six years of age. She abandoned her young son and he was forced to go to the Meath Protestant Industrial School for Boys. Even though his life experience at the Meath School was cruel and harsh he seem to not have held any ill-will towards his mother as it did not show up in his writings.

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Stephens ran away from the Meath School living on the streets and with several families willing to take him into their homes.

Stephens’s first story The Greatest Miracle was published by Arthur Griffith in The United Irishman on 16 September Griffith became good friends with Stephens and published his works in his magazine know as the Sinn Fein.

From , Stephens attended Gaelic League clas