James Joyce statue — Attraction in Trieste

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde and is regarded as one of the most influential and important authors of the 20th century. Joyce is best known for Ulysses (1922), a landmark work in which the episodes of Homer's Odyssey are paralleled in a variety of literary styles, perhaps most prominently stream of consciousness. Other well-known works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). His other writings include three books of poetry, a play, his published letters and occasional journalism.

Joyce was born in 41 Brighton Square, Rathgar, Dublin, into a middle-class family on the way down. A brilliant student, he briefly attended the Christian Brothers-run O'Connell School before excelling at the Jesuit schools Clongowes and Belvedere, despite the chaotic family life imposed by his father's alcoholism and unpredictable finances. He went on to attend University College Dublin.

In 1904, in his early twenties, Joyce emigrated permanently to continental Europe with his partner (and later wife) Nora Barnacle. They lived in Trieste, Paris and Zurich. Though most of his adult life was spent abroad, Joyce's fictional universe centres on Dublin, and is populated largely by characters who closely resemble family members, enemies and friends from his time there. Ulysses in particular is set with precision in the streets and alleyways of the city. Shortly after the publication of Ulysses, he elucidated this preoccupation somewhat, saying, "For myself, I always write about Dublin, because if I can get to the heart of Dublin I can get to the heart of all the cities of the world. In the particular is contained...

Walking over the Ponte Rosso bridge over the Canal Grande we encounter an interesting statue. This beautiful statue is devoted to James Joyce (a famous Irish writer), made by sculptor from Trieste Nino Spagnoli. The statue was placed on the bridge in 2004 to remember the centenary of Joyce's arrival in Trieste. James Joyce in Trieste is coming to work like an English teacher at the Berlitz School. James Joyce along with girlfriend Nora Barnacle ( He married her in 1931), reaches Trieste and finds that the place in the scool is not free. They ( the institute for the foreign languages ) send him to Pula on the south of the Istrian peninsula to teach english language, where he lives in bad conditions days and finally returns to Trieste in 1905. Returning to Trieste in the Berlitz school, begins one of the most fruitful periods for his literary production. During his stay in the city, Joyce completes the collection of short stories "Dubliners", publishes a second draft of the collection of poems "Chamber Music", and starts, in addition to the "Exiles" drama, the work that will give international...

Bellissima! Ispira fotografie, momenti di pausa e riflessione. I riflessi sono unici. Fa riflettere la statua in questa "azione", del camminare di Joyce. Particolare anche la ricerca delle altre statue di personaggi illustri in Trieste. Joyce lascia per l'ultima volta Trieste nel luglio del 1920, 16 anni dopo l'arrivo in Trieste (1904). Qui ha scritto e ha pubblicato: Chamber Music, Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Exiles e Giacomo Joyce. Inoltre qui ha scritto i primi episodi di Ulysses. Qui ha praticamente trascorso maggior parte della sua vita adulta. Ha conosciuto personaggi illustri, è diventato anche padre di due bambini e svolto diversi lavori: un rapporto molto importante e da non dimenticare questo fra Trieste e Joyce.

ENGLISH: Extremely beautiful! Inspire photographs, moments of pause and reflection. The reflections are unique. It makes the statue reflect in this "action" of Joyce's walking. The search for the other statues of illustrious personalities in Trieste is also particular. Joyce left Trieste for the last time in July 1920, 16 years after arriving in Trieste (1904). Here he wrote and published: Chamber Music, Dubliners, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Exiles and Giacomo Joyce. Also here he wrote the first episodes of Ulysses. He practically spent most of his adult life here. He met famous people, he also became the father of two children and carried out various jobs: a very important relationship and not to be forgotten this between...