# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-bloom
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:12:11.471Z

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name: "Harold Bloom"
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description: "Harold Bloom was an American literary critic and the Sterling Professor of humanities at Yale University. In 2017, Bloom was called \"probably the most famous literary critic in the English-speaking world\". After publishing his first book in 1959, Bloom wrote more than 50 books, including over 40 books of literary criticism, several books discussing religion, and one novel. He edited hundreds of anthologies concerning numerous literary and philosophical figures for the Chelsea House publishing firm. Bloom's books have been translated into more than 40 languages. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1995."
tagline: "American literary critic, scholar, and writer (1930–2019)"
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birthDate: "1930-07-11"
deathDate: "2019-10-14"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump