Stanislaus Joyce

Memoirist

Birthday July 4, 1849

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Ireland

DEATH DATE Dec 29, 1931 (82)

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About

The brother of author James Joyce, he inspired several of his famous 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 famous 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.