Fritz Senn

Joyce wasn't originally buried here in this very place, but he was buried further down in a normal grave for Zurich citizens.

And these graves are usually reclaimed after 25 years, but obviously the memory of Joyce should live longer and therefore the city of Zurich donated the plot for a reinterment.

The American artist Milton Hebold was commissioned by Lee Nordness, owner of a New York gallery, to design the statue.

Next to Joyce lies Elias Ganetti, another major writer who lived in Zurich.

We have here the family tombstone with James Joyce, Dublin, 2nd of February 1882, died in Zurich, 13th of January 1941.

Then Nora Barnacle Joyce, born in Galway, 25th of March 1884, and she died in Zurich,

on the 10th of April 1951.

Then George Joyce, or Georgio Joyce as he was actually Christianed, born in Trieste on the 27th of July 1905 and died in Konstanz, Germany on the 12th of June 1976.

We have Asta Osterwalder-Joyce.

She was Giorgio's second wife and she was born in Munich and she died at Konstanz on the 17th of June 1993.

Next, we have yet another member of the family, a close member, and that is Loggia Joyce.

This is not a grave, but a memorial plaque here because she was buried in Northampton in North England.

And she was born on the 26th of July 1907 in Trieste and died on the 12th of December 1982.

This memorial plaque for Lucia was in fact commissioned by the government of Ireland, the president of Ireland, and was installed here because Lucia could not be buried with her family members.

Now here are some of our special treasures from the Wiederkehr Vogt bequest.

Professor Alfred Vogt was a well-known ophthalmologist.

Joyce had serious eye problems and he was nearly going blind and he had more than 10 eye operations and most of them were unsuccessful.

So with Zurich friends, and in particular Carola Gideon-Welker, but Martha Fleischmann too, recommended to Joyce to come back to Zurich and have his eyes operated on.

So in the end, he decided to do it.

It was a fairly risky thing because Vogt had developed a new technique.