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Harry Saul Bloom (1 January 1913 – 28 July 1981) was a South African journalist, novelist, activist and lecturer. [1] [2] Early life and career. Solomon Harris Bloom was born into a Jewish South African family. He was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand, obtaining his law degree in 1937.
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.
- 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.
Harry Bloom, a Johannesburg lawyer who left South Africa to go into a self-imposed exile in the late nineteen fifties, is one of the more shadowy figures of South African literature.
Harry Saul Bloom (1913-1981) was an advocate, journalist, novelist, dramatist and lecturer. Usually referred to simply as Harry Bloom in sources. Contents. 1 Biography. 2 Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance. 3 Sources. 4 Return to. Biography.
Harry Bloom will always be remembered with great esteem in South Africa, particularly for his his work as a lawyer, and barrister, fighting apartheid on the front line by defending blacks in court and on Location, facing danger and government forces, being imprisoned and tortured in political round-ups during Sharpeville at the height of th...
Harry Saul Bloom (1 January 1913—28 July 1981) was a Jewish South African journalist, novelist, and political activist. Born Solomon Harris Bloom, he was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand and subsequently became an advocate in Johannesburg.
