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14-00000 ow . .? OT , . POUT | . . ce NG FOxEIGN DISSEM / NO DISSEM ABxOAD : 8 FEB 1983 y Black Mationalist Writers in Paris SASS S be ee Fite ra in Paris I, At present there do## not seem to be many black nationalist ; (American Negro) writers residing in Paris, apart from S¢illiam ~ Gardner SMITH who is employed by Agence France Presse as editor of its English language service} the latter is now at work on a book about his summer trio to the United States and meetings with black power and other civil rights activists there. uw” 2, According to Carlene POLITE, American Negro writer living n Paria who is of moderate views although she knows many black ationalists here, there are a couple of young Negro writers being v~ pandled by ENen WRIGHT, white widow of the late Richard WRIGHT (anthor of Native Son), who is now a literary agent at 20, rue Jacob, Paris 6. 7 ry peso ie} tot ay 3. EUen WRIGHT's daughter Julia is married toa Frenchman named Herve, and Julia is an editor of Jeune Afrique.. The Herves lived | in Ghana along with the William Gardner SMITHS until the coup which coverthrew Nkrumah. Elen WRIGHT has another daughter who, accord- L ing to Carlene POLITE, was seen at a jazz concert on 7 January with . «Leon BIBBS., BIBBS, according to POLITE, haa written some pamphlets. which he has had published himself, as well as a poem or pamphlet “attacking James BALDWIN as an inadequate leader of his people (whom | he characterizes as a homosexual), Julia Herve and her husband want to publish BIBBs' work, according to POLITE. « 4, Leroy HAYNES an American Negro about 56 years old has been resident of France for eighteen years and runs an American Negro estaurant near Pigalle. HAYNES is mentioned in William Gardner MITH's last novel, The Stone Face. His restaurant is a meeting place for all American Negroes who visit France. His guest book contains “signatures of the Martin Luther KING group and Stokely CARMICHAEL, YNES gave a party for CARMICHAEL during his recent visit to Paris. Grom fu 5, Leroy HAYNES said that the writers he knows are Chester ~LHIMES and Alex HALEY, According to HAYNES, HIMES is not known 3 nationalist views and now mainly an author of crime novels. fTMES used to live in Paris but apparently lives in Copenhagen. Alex HALEY is the author of The A utoblography of Malcolm X. HALEY has vo been living in France temporarily (his address is 13, rue du Dr. M. . cORET _ NO FOREIGN DISSEM / NO DISSEM ABROAD
14-00000 al , ‘ , ma) NO FOREIGN DISS EM / NO DISSEM ABROAD ~ shee 5, Another Negro writer living in Faris is Melvin Van PEEBLES, who is also not particularly known for militancy. He has had 3 cr 4 works of fiction published in France (in French) and has just madea film, La Permission, which is being shown at a U.S. film festival (possibly in Sana Francisco); Van PEEBLES went back to the USA for this snowing. DDP/CA/CF/J. Long (2 Feb 68) Based on: Can - 48626 19 Jan 68 on. SOURCE: NO FOREIGN DISSEM {NO DISSEM ABROAD