Stanislaus Joyce

Memoirist
BIRTHDAY
July 4,1849
Birthplace
Ireland
Age
Dec 29,1931,age 82
Birth Sign
Cancer
BIRTHDAY
July 4,1849 (age Dec 29,1931,age 82)
Birthplace
Ireland

About

The brother of author James Joyce, he inspired several of his their sibling's literary characters. He published his memoir, Recollections of James Joyce, in 1950.

Before Fame

He was a local politician who inherited land near Cork, Ireland, from his father. He later taught English at the University of Trieste.

Trivia

He frequently rescued his brilliant but bohemian brother from financial disaster.

Family Life

He was the inspiration for James Joyce's their character, Simon Dedalus (from A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man).

Associated With

James Joyce also based Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker, in Finnegans Wake, on Stanislaus Joyce.