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yi ichard Wri ht, Novelist. uthor of ative Son’ PARIS, Nov, 30 (AP) Rien. work in Memphis, Tenn., at the ard Wright, the Negro author, Bied of a heer! attack Monday night. The Mississippi-born writer, @ longtime Paris resident, ts best known for his novels such as “Black Boy" and “The Out- V :ing articles and stories to smal! sider” dealing with the prob- lems of the Negro in AmMer:can gociety. Mr. Wright. 52, who had suf- fered recently from intestine! trouble, was hospitalized Batur- day for treatment. Mr. Wright's latest work dealt with a theme he spent a lifetime exploring. Titled “Fish- belly," the book traces the im-. ct of American racial gt. pe ‘a 6Government — invebtigation titudes upon the Negro. dir. Wright was born neg: Nakchez, Miss.. on Septembcr 4. 1908 He attended a Seveuth @ Adventist school ome But quit an Car nis , i tr ar ‘age of 15. He did his first writing dur- img the depression under the lauspices of the Federal Writ- ers Project, first in Chicago in 1835 and then in New York in 1837, Mr. Wright began contribut- literary magazines and te the Daily Worker and New Masses, ‘both ~Communist Publications. He first attracted National at- tention with “Upcie Tom's Children” in 193p, “Native Son,” published in 1940. established him as one of the foremost American con- temporary authors. Mr. Wright was idengified by Witness in 1952 as former Communist who broke jgith the .Party. Tolson _ Mohr Parsons Belmont Callahan ~DeLoach Malone McGuire Rosen Tamm Trotter W.C. Sullivan _ Tele. Room __ Ingram Gandy pt }if ~f or The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Dat Nywe The Evening Btar > New York Herald Tribune New York Journal-American —_—— New York Mirror. New York Daily News New York Post ree The New York Times The Worker ——— The New Leader The Wall Street Joukoal a ; | Date : as