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Sony Lab'ou Tansi

1947 - 1995

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Sony Lab'ou Tansi (5 July 1947 – 14 June 1995), born Marcel Ntsoni, was a Congolese novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet in French language. Though he was only 47 when he died, Tansi remains one of the most prolific African writers and the most internationally renowned practitioner of the "New African Writing." His novel The Antipeople won the Grand Prix Littéraire d'Afrique Noire. In his later years, he ran a theatrical company in Brazzaville in the Republic of the Congo. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sony Lab'ou Tansi is the 5,399th most popular writer (down from 5,386th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 29th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 5,399 out of 7,302. Before her are Angélica Gorodischer, Philippe Claudel, Vernon Lee, Hugh Walpole, Jacques Dupin, and Giorgi Leonidze. After her are Katherine Neville, Jean Amrouche, Castro Alves, Karel van de Woestijne, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, and Idea Vilariño.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 620. Before her are Randhir Kapoor, Franz West, Ada Kok, Peter Wilson, Theda Skocpol, and Rustam Kazakov. After her are Peter Chen, Richard Palmer-James, Ginny Duenkel, Nina Fyodorova, Fabián Alarcón, and Alexander Yakushev. Among people deceased in 1995, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 266. Before her are Sabir Yunusov, Prawitz Öberg, David Wayne, Reinhard Furrer, María Luisa Bemberg, and Benjamin Mazar. After her are John Peters Humphrey, Edmondo Fabbri, Eeva-Liisa Manner, George W. Romney, Robertson Davies, and José Luis González Dávila.

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In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 32 out of 107. Before her are Gérard Mulumba Kalemba (1937), Steve Mandanda (1985), Bwanga Tshimen (1949), Tubilandu Ndimbi (1948), Kazadi Mwamba (1947), and José Bosingwa (1982). After her are Koffi Olomide (1956), Cyrille Adoula (1921), Franco Luambo (1938), Mavuba Mafuila (1949), Kibonge Mafu (1945), and Mayanga Maku (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Democratic Republic of the Congo

Among writers born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 1. 

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