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  1. Harry Saul Bloom (born Solomon Harris Bloom; 1 January 1913 – 28 July 1981) was a South African journalist, novelist, activist and lecturer. [1] [2]

  2. 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.

  3. Mar 8, 2022 · Harry Saul Bloom was a 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.

    • Sonia Constance Josephine Bloom
    • Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
    • "Гарри Блум"
    • January 1, 1913
  4. 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 ...

    • January 1, 1
    • 1.80 m
    • Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
  5. 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.

  6. He died of a stroke in 1981 at the age of 68. Best known for the novel Transvaal Episode (1959), dealing with township life and unrest in the 1950s. Also wrote Whittaker's Wife (1962).

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  8. 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.

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