1947 - 1995
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sony Lab'ou Tansi has received more than 25,533 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Sony Lab'ou Tansi is the 5,047th most popular writer (down from 4,320th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Democratic Republic of the Congo (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Congolese Writer.
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Among writers, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 5,047 out of 5,794. Before her are Tony Kushner, Pavel Antokolsky, Lucía Etxebarría, María Dueñas, Banjo Paterson, and Robert Cormier. After her are François Nourissier, Walker Percy, Thomas Lodge, Zitkala-Sa, Amira Hass, and Mike Godwin.
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 5,041
1896 - 1978
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 5,042
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 5,043
1964 - Present
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 5,044
1864 - 1941
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 5,045
1925 - 2000
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 5,046
1947 - 1995
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 5,047
1927 - 2011
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 5,048
1916 - 1990
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 5,049
1558 - 1625
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 5,050
1876 - 1938
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,051
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,052
1956 - Present
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 5,053
Among people born in 1947, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 557. Before her are Claudio Sala, Alexei Ulanov, Dominique Baudis, Charles Rabemananjara, Richard Lewis, and Mary L. Cleave. After her are Stuart Baird, Clemente Mastella, Ilona Gusenbauer, Navin Ramgoolam, Onny Parun, and Rupert Holmes. Among people deceased in 1995, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 235. Before her are Joe Slovo, George Abbott, Hansa Jivraj Mehta, Iqbal Masih, Red Amick, and Patsy Ruth Miller. After her are Sergei Grinkov, Terry Southern, Genevieve Tobin, Peter Cook, Dorothy Poynton-Hill, and Art Mollner.
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 551
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 552
1947 - 2014
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 553
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 554
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 555
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 556
1947 - 1995
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 557
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 558
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 559
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 560
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 561
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 562
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 563
1926 - 1995
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 229
1887 - 1995
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 230
1897 - 1995
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 231
1983 - 1995
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 232
1929 - 1995
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 233
1904 - 1995
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 234
1947 - 1995
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 235
1967 - 1995
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 236
1924 - 1995
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 237
1899 - 1995
HPI: 54.89
Rank: 238
1937 - 1995
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 239
1915 - 1995
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 240
1912 - 1995
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 241
Among people born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 27 out of 68. Before her are Steve Mandanda (1985), Koffi Olomide (1956), Jean-Pierre Bemba (1962), José Bosingwa (1982), Mbo Mpenza (1976), and Maître Gims (1986). After her are Laurent Nkunda (1967), Blaise Nkufo (1975), Cécile Kyenge (1964), Adolphe Muzito (1957), Mohombi (1986), and Bruno Tshibala (1956).
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 21
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 22
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 23
1982 - Present
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 24
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 25
1986 - Present
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 26
1947 - 1995
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 27
1967 - Present
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 28
1975 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 29
1964 - Present
HPI: 53.62
Rank: 30
1957 - Present
HPI: 53.42
Rank: 31
1986 - Present
HPI: 52.74
Rank: 32
1956 - Present
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 33
Among writers born in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sony Lab'ou Tansi ranks 1.