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Harry Saul Bloom (born Solomon Harris Bloom; 1 January 1913 – 28 July 1981) was a South African journalist, novelist, activist and lecturer.
Bloom initially believed that his biological father was his mother's husband, the South African-born anti-apartheid novelist Harry Bloom (1913–1981), who died when Bloom was four years old. However, when he was thirteen, Bloom's mother revealed to him that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, his mother's partner and family friend.
Episode in the Transvaal, an outstanding novel about apartheid, published by Doubleday (US) in l955 and Collins (UK) in l956 made Harry Bloom into an internationally esteemed writer. It was followed by two other books by Bloom - a highly acclaimed novel Whittakers Wife.
- His full name is Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom. Copeland is his mother's maiden name, and Bloom is related through her to the award-winning photographer and explorer Sebastian Copeland, who is known for his work on climate change.
- He grew up thinking his biological father was anti-Apartheid writer Harry Bloom, his mother's husband, who died when he was four. “I created an idea of Harry Bloom.
- But when he was 13, his mother revealed that his biological father was actually Colin Stone, a businessman and family friend. "We would always spend weekends with him.
- He was diagnosed with dyslexia when he was seven years old. In this video for the charity Made By Dyslexia, Bloom recalls how it affected him at school, saying: "I was an angry child at times.
South African-born lawyer, journalist, novelist, po-litical activist and civil rights campaigner, Harry Bloom2 deserves to be remembered as the founder of the teaching of the law affecting the media in the UK.
Harry Saul Bloom (1913-1981) was an advocate, journalist, novelist, dramatist and lecturer. Usually referred to simply as Harry Bloom in sources.
Bloom grew up in Canterbury, England, where his mother ran a language academy for foreign students; his father, Harry Bloom, was a Jewish South African anti–apartheid activist and author of a novel, Transvaal Episode. Harry Bloom died when his son was four years old.
