This is a list of Cameroonian writers.
- Boé A-Amang (1938â ), playwright and theatre director
- Severin Cecile Abega (1955âÂÂ2008), French-language fiction writer and anthropologist, author of Les Bimanes, Le Bourreau and Entre Terre et Ciel
- Imbolo Mbue (1981â ) novelist
- Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda, chemist and novelist
- Paul-Charles Atangana (1930â ), French-language poet
- Philomène Bassek (1957â ), French-language novelist, author of La Tache de Sang
- Francis Bebey (1929âÂÂ2001), author of Les Trois Petits Cireurs, Agatha Moudio'son, The Ashanti Doll, Enfant Pluie and Ministre et le Griot
- Jacques Bengono (1938â ), poet and short story writer
- Bate Besong (1954âÂÂ2007), poet
- Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932âÂÂ2001), novelist writing in French
- Calixthe Beyala (1961â ), novelist writing in French
- Jacques Bonjawo (1960â ), software engineer and columnist
- Hemley Boum (1973â ), novelist
- Bole Butake (1947âÂÂ2016), playwright
- Fernando d'Almeida (1955â ), journalist and poet
- Paul Dakeyo (1948â ), poet
- Jeanne-Louise Djanga (living), novelist and poet
- Sarah Namondo Luma, (1988â ), Christian poet, children's story writer, refugee rights correspondent,travel blogger,Christian blogger, English language teacher
- Nsah Mala (1988â ), poet, fiction writer, children's author
- Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936âÂÂ2009), English-language novelist, poet and painter
- Lydie Dooh Bunya (1933âÂÂ2020), journalist and writer
- Ntone Edjabe (1970â ), journalist
- Gaston-Paul Effa (1965â ), novelist
- Jean Marc Ela (1936âÂÂ2008), African liberation theologian, author of African Cry and My Faith as an African
- Frieda Ekotto, professor and novelist; Chuchote pas trop/Don't Whisper too Much
- Samuel-Martin Eno Belinga (1935âÂÂ2004), poet, geologist and civil servant
- Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930âÂÂ1998), poet in French and Duala
- Valère Epée (1938â ), musician, poet and historian
- Denise Epoté (1954â ), journalist and head of African reporting for TV5 Monde
- Professor Ndumbe Eyoh (1949âÂÂ2006), playwright
- Alexis Maxime Feyou de Happy, French-language playwright, author of Conscience Ouverte (1974), Dithy (2002), Fairy Tales from Propagamar (2006), Victus Libri/Classic African Art (2008), Les Mezzotiniales (2009), Bodanou le Petit Oiseau Rouge (2010), and La Septieme Colonne/L'Ombre de Meridor (2010)
- Jean Ikelle-Matiba (1936âÂÂ1984)
- Bernard Fonlon (1924âÂÂ1986), politician and writer
- Suzanne Kala Lobè (1953âÂÂ2024), journalist
- Patrice Kayo (1942â ), poet, short story writer and oral storyteller
- Yodi Karone (1954â ), novelist
- Jacques Kuoh Moukouri (1909âÂÂ2002), civil servant and autobiographical writer
- Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri (1938â ), novelist
- Werewere Liking (1950â ), novelist also associated with Côte d'Ivoire
- 'Sankie Maimo (1930âÂÂ2013), playwright
- Benjamin Matip (1932âÂÂ2017), novelist and playwright
- Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg (1948â ), French-language poet
- Achille Mbembe (1957â ), political philosopher
- William Eteki'a Mbumua (1933âÂÂ2016)
- Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938âÂÂ2014), novelist and playwright
- Dualla Misipo (1901âÂÂ?), autobiographical writer
- Pabé Mongo (1948â ), playwright and novelist
- Evelyne Mpoudi Ngolé (1953â ), French-language novelist, author of Sous La Cendre Le Feu and Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues
- (1930âÂÂ1995), Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon
- Bernard Nanga (1934âÂÂ1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris
- David Ndachi Tagne (1958âÂÂ2006), novelist and journalist
- Patrice Ndedi-Penda (1945â ), playwright
- Bill F. Ndi (1964â ), English-language poet and playwright, author of K'cracy, Trees in the Storm and Other Poems, Mishaps and Other Poems, Toils and Travails, and Gods in the Ivory Towers
- Timothee Ndzaagap (1949â ), poet, playwright and story writer
- Patrice Nganang (1970â ), novelist
- Charles Ngandé, French-language poet
- Job Nganthojeff (1936â ), poet
- Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933âÂÂ2008), French-language poet
- John Emmanuel Akwo Ngoh (c.1940âÂÂ2008), poet and novelist
- Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang (1982âÂÂ2015), activist and writer
- Simon Njami (1962â ), novelist
- Martin Njoya (1944â ), poet
- John Nkemngong Nkengasong (1959â ), poet, playwright, novelist and critic
- Jean-Jacques Nkollo (1962â ), novelist
- Etienne B. Noumé, pen name of Etienne NKepndep (1944âÂÂ1970), French-language poet
- Jean-Paul-Nyunaï (1932â ), French-language poet
- Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, journalist
- Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu (1938â ), short story writer and playwright
- Ernestine Ouandié (1961âÂÂ2009), journalist
- Joseph Owono (1921âÂÂ1981), novelist and diplomat
- Ferdinand Oyono (1929âÂÂ2010 ), novelist
- Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939âÂÂ2021), playwright writing in English and French, author of Trois Pretendants un mari
- René Philombé, pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede (1930âÂÂ2001), novelist and editor
- Careen Pilo (fl. 2010s), novelist and diplomat
- Louis-Marie Pouka-M'Bague (1910âÂÂ1991), journalist and poet
- Simon Rifoé (1943â ), teacher and autobiographical writer
- Francois Sengat-Kuo (1931âÂÂ1997), French-language poet, author of Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris
- Alice Delphine Tang (fl 2009), writer and literature lecturer at University of Yaoundé
- Veye Tatah (c. 1971â ), journalist living in Germany
- Marcien Towa
- Florence Tsagué Assopgoum (born 1977), political scientist and writer
- Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935âÂÂ2020), feminist and writer
- Shey Ductu (1991â ), short story and essay writer
- Kelly Mua Kingsly (1977â ), author and professor
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