On 27 July 1905 Giorgio Joyce was born. Nora had calculated that her baby was due at the end of August and so when she started having pains during lunch on 27 July she didn’t realise she was in labour. Joyce had been going swimming that afternoon but changed his mind and returned to their […]
Giorgio Joyce
On this day…9 June
On 9 June 1936 Joyce wrote to Harriet Weaver about his family problems. Joyce’s letters to Harriet Weaver often became litanies of personal problems that he was suffering, and this letter is no exception. In it, he instances problems concerning his brother Stanislaus, his son George, and his daughter Lucia. In the middle of April […]
On this day…29 May
On 29 May 1932 Lucia Joyce was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Lucia, who had been staying with Padraic and Mary Colum, was visited by her brother George on 29 May. George misled her about where they were going and, accompanied by Mary Colum, he took her to a clinic at L’Haye-les-Roses where Dr Gaston Maillard diagnosed […]
On this day…25 April
On 25 April 1929 Giorgio Joyce made his debut as a singer. After finishing his formal education and working briefly in a bank, Giorgio Joyce decided to pursue a career as a singer, and made his professional debut in a public concert on Friday 25 June 1929 when he sang two songs by Handel. Giorgio […]
On this day…26 December
On 26 December 1937 Joyce dined with Samuel Beckett and Peggy Guggenheim. The day after Christmas Day 1937 the Joyces dined at Fouquet’s restaurant in the company of Samuel Beckett and Peggy Guggenheim. The evening was the beginning of a brief but very intense affair between Beckett and Guggenheim. The American heiress Peggy Guggenheim had […]
