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Poe, Melville, Hemingway all had pretty recognizable and memorable faces. Granted, Poe has already been portrayed in art like a million times.
Laurence Sterne had an incredibly intersting face too.
If you were leaning towards something more modern and weird, Louis Ferdinand Céline should do the trick.
The only ones I could think of are Oscar Wilde and Bernard Shaw...
Oscar Wilde
Agree with James Joyce
Walt Whitman
Lord Byron
Keats
Milton
Dante
The Bard
CS Lewis
Jane Austen
Emily Dickinson
Charles Dickens--when icon was mentioned his name was the first one I thought of. Somewhat amazed no one else listed him.
Do you actually like Joyce's work? Is 'liking eyepatches' a good reason for deciding on your subject? When the teacher asks why you chose Joyce, in front of your classmates, are you going to say: 'I like eyepatches'. Deciding just to stick an Irish flag in the background is banal. A serious artist, at the very least, would read Dubliners, Portrait, Ulysses and and a good biography (Ellmann) and experiment with the imagery based on a deep knowledge of his art and life. Otherwise, why bother? If you haven't time to study Joyce, pick a writer you have read in some depth and know something about.