Apartment: 34 Rue des Vignes

The Joyce family moved into 34 Rue des Vignes in Passy in the 16th arrondissement on 15 April 1939, a month after the German occupation of Czechoslovakia on 15 March. It was to be Joyce’s last apartment residence in Paris.

Apartment 34 Rue des Vignes – Photographer: Martina Nicolls 2019

It was a small apartment, but it had far more natural light than Ludmilla’s 1920 rent-free Rue de l’Assomption apartment nearby.

Back in Passy, Joyce could return to the Boulogne Woods and Ranelagh Garden for his walks. The Ranelagh Theatre is also a short walk from the apartment.

James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake was published in 4 May 1939 while he was living in this apartment.

James Joyce stayed in this location for six months from 15 April to mid-October 1939.

James Joyce Paris Residence: Number 17 out of 18.

Apartment 34 Rue des Vignes – Photographer: Martina Nicolls 2019

Photographer: Martina Nicolls

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