Stephen Hero

Stephen Hero
First edition
AuthorJames Joyce
Cover artistN. I. Cannon
LanguageEnglish
GenreAutobiographical, Modernism
PublisherJonathan Cape
Publication date
1944
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Followed byA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 

Stephen Hero is a posthumously published autobiographical novel by Irish author James Joyce. It is the early version of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Its published form reflects only a portion of the manuscript: the first 518 pages have disappeared; 383 pages remain.