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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.
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.
The article examines the novel Transvaal Episode, which was banned and unbanned in South Africa, and explores its historical and political context. It also discusses the critical reception and evaluation of the novel, and its portrayal of a township riot in 1953.
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.
Harry Bloom. Harry Bloom's first novel is a rare find-a work in which style and subject, imagination and background blend into a story rich in power and promise. Set in the town of Nelstrom in the Transvaal, Episode is concerned with relations between Africans who live in the town's "Location" and their white neighbors.
