Sony Labou Tansi
Sony Labou Tansi (actually Marcel Ntsoni ; born July 5, 1947 in Kimuensa , Belgian Congo , † June 14, 1995 in Brazzaville ) was a writer from the Republic of the Congo .
Life
Sony Labou Tansi went to school in Brazzaville in what was then the French Congo . After graduating, he worked as a teacher for English and French and wrote his first plays.
In 1979 he founded the Rocado Zulu Théàtre in Brazzaville , which became known for touring in France. In the same year he published his first novel La Vie et demie , which won the Prix Spécial du Festival de la Francophonie . Tansi was also the winner of the Grand Prix littéraire de l'Afrique noire . His plays have been performed in Paris , Dakar and New York .
In the 1990s he was also involved in Congolese politics and was elected MP in 1992. Because he spoke out against the one-party system, he was harassed by the Congolese government. Sony Labou Tansi died in 1995 of complications from AIDS .
Works (selection)
- La Vie et demie (1979, German Tangled Life , Eco Verlag, Zurich 1981)
- L'État honteux (1981, German The Desperate Constitution , Eco Verlag, Zurich 1984)
- L'Anté-Peuple (1983, German The Deadly Virtue of Comrade Director , Kiepenheuer & Witsch , Cologne 1985)
- Les sept solitudes de Lorsa Lopez (1985)
- Les Yeux du Volcan (1988)
- Le Commencement des douleurs (1995)
- Hippocrates' oath. Narration . In: Gudrun Honke (Ed.): Die Mondfrau. 23 new stories from French-speaking sub-Saharan Africa. Übers. Sigrid Groß. Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1998, ISBN 3872948059 , pp. 37–47 (with short biography)
Web links
- Literature by and about Sony Labou Tansi in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tansi, Sony Labou |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Congolese writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kimuensa , Belgian Congo |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 14, 1995 |
| Place of death | Brazzaville |