The Most Famous
WRITERS from Democratic Republic of the Congo
This page contains a list of the greatest Congolese Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 1 of which were born in Democratic Republic of the Congo. This makes Democratic Republic of the Congo the birth place of the 143rd most number of Writers behind French Polynesia, and Puerto Rico.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Congolese Writers of all time. This list of famous Congolese Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Sony Lab'ou Tansi (1947 - 1995)
With an HPI of 46.31, Sony Lab'ou Tansi is the most famous Congolese Writer. Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages on wikipedia.
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.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Congolese writers born between 1947 and 1947. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Congolese writers include Sony Lab'ou Tansi.
