- A fan once asked Joyce if he could "shake the hand that wrote Ulysses." Joyce refused, saying "It's done other things as well.".
- Opened the first movie theater in Dublin, Ireland.
- The character of Leopold Bloom was based on Alfred H Hunter, a friend of Joyce's father who had once helped him recover after an alcohol fueled fight.
- James Joyce was an accomplished tenor, and won the bronze medal in the 1904 Feis Ceoil.
- Graduated from the University College of Dublin.
- He was the eldest of 10 children.
- Is lampooned in Noel Fielding's "Luxury Comedy", for his agonizingly slow writing process.
- Played by Ewan McGregor in "Nora".
- His only son Giorgio, and Helen Fleischmann Kastor had a son Stephen James Joyce born in Paris 15 February 1932 and died 23 January 2020 on Île de Ré , Charente-Maritime, France. He was his grandfather's persnickety literary executor and had worked before for the OECD . He was married to Solange Raythchine.
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