List of Cameroonian writers

This is a list of Cameroonian writers.

• Boé A-Amang (1938– ), playwright and theatre director
• Severin Cecile Abega (1955–2008), French-language fiction writer and anthropologist, author of Les Bimanes, Le Bourreau and Entre Terre et Ciel
• Imbolo Mbue (1981– ) novelist
• Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda, chemist and novelist
• Paul-Charles Atangana (1930– ), French-language poet
• Philomène Bassek (1957– ), French-language novelist, author of La Tache de Sang
• Francis Bebey (1929–2001), author of Les Trois Petits Cireurs, Agatha Moudio'son, The Ashanti Doll, Enfant Pluie and Ministre et le Griot
• Jacques Bengono (1938– ), poet and short story writer
• Bate Besong (1954–2007), poet
• Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932–2001), novelist writing in French
• Calixthe Beyala (1961– ), novelist writing in French
• Jacques Bonjawo (1960– ), software engineer and columnist
• Hemley Boum (1973– ), novelist
• Bole Butake (1947–2016), playwright
• Fernando d'Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet
• Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet
• Jeanne-Louise Djanga (living), novelist and poet
• Sarah Namondo Luma, (1988– ), Christian poet, children's story writer, refugee rights correspondent,travel blogger,Christian blogger, English language teacher
• Nsah Mala (1988– ), poet, fiction writer, children's author
• Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009), English-language novelist, poet and painter
• Lydie Dooh Bunya (1933–2020), journalist and writer
• Ntone Edjabe (1970– ), journalist
• Gaston-Paul Effa (1965– ), novelist
• Jean Marc Ela (1936–2008), 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 (1935–2004), poet, geologist and civil servant
• Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930–1998), poet in French and Duala
• Valère Epée (1938– ), musician, poet and historian
• Denise Epoté (1954– ), journalist and head of African reporting for TV5 Monde
• Professor Ndumbe Eyoh (1949–2006), 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 (1936–1984)
• Bernard Fonlon (1924–1986), politician and writer
• Suzanne Kala Lobè (1953–2024), journalist
• Patrice Kayo (1942– ), poet, short story writer and oral storyteller
• Yodi Karone (1954– ), novelist
• Jacques Kuoh Moukouri (1909–2002), civil servant and autobiographical writer
• Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri (1938– ), novelist
• Werewere Liking (1950– ), novelist also associated with Côte d'Ivoire
• 'Sankie Maimo (1930–2013), playwright
• Benjamin Matip (1932–2017), novelist and playwright
• Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg (1948– ), French-language poet
• Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher
• William Eteki'a Mbumua (1933–2016)
• Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938–2014), novelist and playwright
• Dualla Misipo (1901–?), autobiographical writer
• Pabé Mongo (1948– ), playwright and novelist
• Evelyne Mpoudi Ngolé (1953– ), French-language novelist, author of Sous La Cendre Le Feu and Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues
• (1930–1995), Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon
• Bernard Nanga (1934–1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris
• David Ndachi Tagne (1958–2006), novelist and journalist
• Patrice Ndedi-Penda (1945– ), playwright
• Bill F. Ndi (1964– ), 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 (1949– ), poet, playwright and story writer
• Patrice Nganang (1970– ), novelist
• Charles Ngandé, French-language poet
• Job Nganthojeff (1936– ), poet
• Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933–2008), French-language poet
• John Emmanuel Akwo Ngoh (c.1940–2008), poet and novelist
• Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang (1982–2015), activist and writer
• Simon Njami (1962– ), novelist
• Martin Njoya (1944– ), poet
• John Nkemngong Nkengasong (1959– ), poet, playwright, novelist and critic
• Jean-Jacques Nkollo (1962– ), novelist
• Etienne B. Noumé, pen name of Etienne NKepndep (1944–1970), French-language poet
• Jean-Paul-Nyunaï (1932– ), French-language poet
• Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, journalist
• Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu (1938– ), short story writer and playwright
• Ernestine Ouandié (1961–2009), journalist
• Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat
• Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010 ), novelist
• Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939–2021), playwright writing in English and French, author of Trois Pretendants un mari
• René Philombé, pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede (1930–2001), novelist and editor
• Careen Pilo (fl. 2010s), novelist and diplomat
• Louis-Marie Pouka-M'Bague (1910–1991), journalist and poet
• Simon Rifoé (1943– ), teacher and autobiographical writer
• Francois Sengat-Kuo (1931–1997), 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. 1971– ), journalist living in Germany
• Marcien Towa
• Florence Tsagué Assopgoum (born 1977), political scientist and writer
• Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935–2020), feminist and writer
• Shey Ductu (1991– ), short story and essay writer
• Kelly Mua Kingsly (1977– ), author and professor

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