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Sony Labou Tansi

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in Kinshasa, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

July 05, 1947

Died

June 14, 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. 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. ...more

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Average rating: 3.48 · 481 ratings · 85 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	La vie et demie 3.54 avg rating — 252 ratings — published 1979 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Antipeople 3.64 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Seven Solitudes of Lorsa Lopez 3.35 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1985 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Parentheses of Blood by Sony Labou Tansi, Lorraine Alexander (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shameful State by Sony Labou Tansi, Dominic Thomas (Translator), Alain Mabanckou (Foreword) 2.72 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	QUI A MANGE MADAME D'AVOINE BERGOTHA 3.07 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Encre, sueur, salive et sang 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Het einde der dingen 3.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Les Yeux du volcan 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“un jour contraints de consommer un monde dans le quel nous aurons été absents pendant trop longtemps”
― Sony Labou Tansi, Encre, sueur, salive et sang

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“Mais le racisme n'est qu'un manque d'imagination. Et au fond, manquer d'imagination c'est être sérieusement "handicape mental".”
― Sony Labou Tansi, Encre, sueur, salive et sang

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L'Anté-peuple by Sony Labou Tansi

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