Leopold Bloom
Fictional protagonist of James Joyce's novel Ulysses / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Leo Bloom.
Leopold Bloom is the fictional protagonist and hero of James Joyce's 1922 novel Ulysses. His peregrinations and encounters in Dublin on 16 June 1904 mirror, on a more mundane and intimate scale, those of Ulysses/Odysseus in Homer's epic poem: The Odyssey.
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Leopold Bloom | |
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Ulysses character | |
Created by | James Joyce |
Based on | Italo Svevo Alfred Hunter Leopoldo Popper |
Portrayed by | Zero Mostel David Suchet Milo O'Shea Stephen Rea |
Voiced by | Ronnie Walsh Henry Goodman |
In-universe information | |
Alias | Henry Flower |
Nickname | Poldy |
Occupation | Advertising agent |
Family | Rudolph Bloom (né Rudolf Virág) (father) Ellen Bloom (née Higgins) (mother) |
Spouse | Marion (Molly) Tweedy (m. 1888) |
Children | Millicent (Milly) Bloom (b. 1889) Rudolph (Rudy) Bloom (b. 1893 – d. 1893) |
Religion | Catholicism |
Nationality | Irish |
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