On 31 January 1940 Joyce met with Paul Léon at the end of his last stay in Paris. Joyce arrived in Paris around 22 January 1940 and returned to Saint-Gérand-le-Puy on 1 February. As it turned out, this was Joyce’s last stay in Paris. Instead of staying at the family’s apartment at 34 rue des […]
January
On this day…30 January
On 30 January 1924 Joyce writes to Ettore Schmitz about La coscienza di Zeno. Joyce was not renowned for his assistance to other writers but with Ettore Schmitz there was a special and enduring relationship of mutual support that began during Joyce’s early years in Trieste when both he and Schmitz were struggling authors, and […]
On this day…29 January
On 29 January 1934 Joyce appears on the front cover of Time magazine. This issue of Time magazine not only had Joyce on the front cover but also devoted a lengthy article, ‘Ulysses Lands,’ to welcoming the publication of the first legal and authorised edition of Joyce’s Ulysses in America, indeed in any English-speaking country. […]
On this day…28 January
On 28 January 1939 WB Yeats died. WB Yeats had been one of Joyce’s earliest supporters. Yeats was already well-established as a literary figure in Dublin and London in October 1902 when he and Joyce met for the first time at the National Library. At the end of that first meeting Joyce asked Yeats how […]
On this day…27 January
On 27 January 1836 Leopold von Sacher-Masoch was born. Sacher-Masoch (1836-1895) was born in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine). He studied at Graz University and lectured for a time before devoting himself to writing. He wrote folk-tales and historical works, but is most famous today for his novel Venus im Pelz (Venus in Furs) published in […]
