Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sony Lab'ou Tansi

writer

Date of Birth: 05-Jul-1947

Place of Birth: Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1995

Profession: writer, theater director

Nationality: Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sony Lab'ou Tansi (5 July 1947 - 14 June 1995), born Marcel Ntsoni, was a Congolese novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and poet.
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.