Stephen J. Joyce
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Stephen James Joyce is the grandson of James Joyce
James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was an Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century...

 and the controversial executor
Executor
An executor, in the broadest sense, is one who carries something out .-Overview:...

 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
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

, graduating in 1958. At Harvard, he once roomed with Paul Matisse
Paul Matisse
Paul Matisse is an artist and inventor. He is known especially for his public art installations, many of which are interactive. He is also inventor of the Kalliroscope....

, grandson of French impressionist painter Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but is known primarily as a painter...

, and with Sadruddin Aga Khan. Thereafter, he worked for the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on African issues. He retired from the OECD in 1991 to focus on managing his grandfather's estate. He and his wife Solange Raythchine Joyce live in France. They have no children; Stephen is James Joyce's sole living descendant.

Stephen Joyce is jointly a trustee of the Estate of James Joyce along with Seán Sweeney. He has taken an active role in all legal matters relating to Joyce's works. He has brought numerous lawsuit
Lawsuit
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s or threats of legal action against scholars, biographers and artists attempting to quote from Joyce's literary work or personal correspondence.

Stephen Joyce burnt a collection of letters written by Lucia Joyce
Lucia Joyce
Lucia Anna Joyce was the daughter of Irish writer James Joyce and Nora Barnacle.Italian was her first language and the language in which she corresponded with her father. She studied ballet while she was a teenager, becoming good enough to train with Isadora Duncan...

, his aunt.
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