Not only did Savitsky agree to do the translation she also offered Joyce and his family the opportunity to live in her apartment, free of charge, an opportunity which Joyce accepted with alacrity.
Dr Clare Hutton (Loughborough University)
Read the seventh article in a series devoted to objects that tell the story of women who supported James Joyce and the publication of his landmark novel, Ulysses. This blog series is running in conjunction with Women and the Making of Ulysses, an exhibition on show now at the Harry Ransom Center. In this week’s instalment, Clare Hutton explores Joyce’s relationship with Ludmila Bloch Savitsky (1881–1957), who did much to introduce Joyce to French literary circles by authoring the first French translation of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.