Awards & Winners

Sony Lab'ou Tansi

Date of Birth 05-July-1947
Place of Birth Kinshasa
(Democratic Republic of the Congo)
Nationality Democratic Republic of the Congo
Profession Screenwriter, Playwright, Novelist, Writer, Poet
Sony Lab'ou Tansi, 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.

Awards by Sony Lab'ou Tansi

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sony Lab'ou Tansi.

1983


Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire
Honored for : L'anté-peuple

Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire L'anté-peuple