(LITERATURE) John Oliver Killens Draft of his essay The Hand

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(LITERATURE.) John Oliver Killens. Draft of his essay "The Handy Legacy," with its French translation signed by translator René Maran. [1], 19; [1], 26 typescript pages, about 11 x 8¼ inches; minor foxing, paper clip stains, the English version corner-stapled with moderate wear to final two pages, the French signed "Traduit par René Maran" on title page and additionally signed by Maran on final page. No place, circa 1959

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A literary reflection on the life of pioneering blues composer W.C. Handy, written by noted novelist John Oliver Killens (1916-1987). This article was written shortly after Handy's 1958 death. Accompanying it is a twice-signed typescript translation "L'Heritage de Handy" by the noted Afro-French author René Maran. This French translation appeared in the journal "Présence Africaine" in their June-July 1959 issue; Maran died in May 1960. We have not found "The Handy Legacy" published under its original title, but it was apparently published as "A Good Man Feeling Bad" in the March 1961 issue of "The Urbanite," a short-lived Black literary journal in New York.