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[Anonymous No.6069460]

Stephen James Joyce (born 15 February 1932) is the grandson of James Joyce and the controversial executor of Joyce's estate. He was born in France, the son of James Joyce's son, Giorgio, and Helen Joyce, née Kastor. Stephen attended Harvard University, graduating in 1958. At Harvard, he once roomed with Paul Matisse, grandson of French impressionist painter Henri Matisse, and with Sadruddin Aga Khan.[1] Thereafter, he worked for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on African development. He retired from the OECD in 1991 to focus on managing his grandfather's estate. He and his wife, Solange Raythchine Joyce, live in the Île-de-ré in France. They have no children; Stephen is James Joyce's sole living descendant.[2]
Stephen Joyce and Seán Sweeney are the joint trustees of the Estate of James Joyce. He has taken an active role in all legal matters relating to Joyce's works.[3] He has brought numerous lawsuits or threats of legal action against scholars, biographers, and artists attempting to quote from Joyce's literary work or personal correspondence.[4]
In 2004, Joyce threatened legal action against the Irish government when the Rejoyce Dublin 2004 festival proposed public reading of excerpts of Ulysses on Bloomsday.[5] In 1988 Stephen Joyce burnt a collection of letters written by Lucia Joyce, his aunt.[6] In 1989 he forced Brenda Maddox to delete a postscript concerning Lucia from her biography Nora: The Real Life of Molly Bloom.[4] After 1995 Stephen announced no permissions would be granted to quote from his grandfather's work.[4] Libraries holding letters by Joyce were unable to show them without permission.[4] Versions of his work online were disallowed.[4] Stephen claimed to be protecting his grandfather's and his family's reputation, but would sometimes grant permission to use material in exchange for fees that were often "extortionate".[4]

Wow, what an asshole

[Anonymous No.6071340]

>>6069460
He's angry because he didn't inherit his grandfather's talent.

[Anonymous No.6071379]

who gives a shit

[Anonymous No.6071408]

>>6069460
So he is just trying to live off of pop-pops works
Okay so he's a piece of shit. What else is new ?

[Anonymous No.6071426]

>>6069460
Jamba Juice died in 1941, so his work should have become public after 2011, no ?

So who cares. Little greedy grabby swallowed his needy, good for him. But we got free moutfuls now.

[Anonymous No.6071496]

>>6071426
Yep in public domain since early 2010s. Tolstoy's too.

[Anonymous No.6071516]

>>6069460
>mfw reading this right after the library chapter of Ulysses