[1] Born in Togo, Zinsou studied in France, receiving degrees in theatre and communications.
Since 1978, Zinsou has been director of the Troupe Nationale du Togo, a theatre, ballet and music company.
He directs the company in productions of his own plays, including L'Arc en Ciel and Le Club.
Zinsou premiered La Tortue qui Chante (The Singing Tortoise) in 1966 during the Francophone Summit in Lomé in a production that was later performed in France at the 1987 Limoges Festival.
Zinsou is also a prize-winning short story writer, whose fiction and plays are published in France by Hatier.