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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.
The man he first knew as his father, Harry Bloom, was a legendary political activist who fought for civil rights in South Africa. But Harry died of a stroke when Orlando was only four years old. After that, Orlando and his older sister, Samantha Bloom, were raised by their mother and family friend, Colin Stone. When Orlando was 13, Sonia ...
Mar 3, 2021 · 2. 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. The father figure in my mind was probably an amalgamation of characters I read about and watched on TV and in movies like Indiana Jones and Superman," Bloom told The Times last ...
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.
Jul 10, 2003 · Most profiles of Lord Of The Rings star Orlando Bloom identify his father as famed anti-apartheid activist and author Harry Bloom, who died when the actor was just four years old. However,...
Nov 1, 2017 · Harry Bloom - Diamond In the Rough | Sofar Madrid - YouTube. Sofar Sounds. 1.38M subscribers. 37. 1.3K views 5 years ago. Harry Bloom performing "Diamond In the Rough" at Sofar Madrid on...
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.
