• Source: List of Cameroonian writers

This is a list of Cameroonian writers.

Boé A-Amang (1938– ), playwright and theatre director[Jahn]
Severin Cecile Abega (1955–2008), French-language fiction writer and anthropologist, author of Les Bimanes, Le Bourreau and Entre Terre et Ciel[Gikandi]
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[Gikandi]
Francis Bebey (1929–2001), author of Les Trois Petits Cireurs, Agatha Moudio'son, The Ashanti Doll, Enfant Pluie and Ministre et le Griot[Gikandi] [Jahn]
Jacques Bengono (1938– ), poet and short story writer[Jahn]
Bate Besong (1954–2007), poet[Gikandi]
Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932–2001), novelist writing in French[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
Calixthe Beyala (1961– ), novelist writing in French[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
Jacques Bonjawo (1960– ), software engineer and columnist
Hemley Boum (1973– ), novelist
Bole Butake (1947–2016), playwright[Gikandi]
Fernando d'Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet
Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet[Gikandi]
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[Gikandi] [Jahn]
Lydie Dooh Bunya (1933–2020), journalist and writer
Ntone Edjabe (1970– ), journalist
Gaston-Paul Effa (1965– ), novelist[Gikandi]
Jean Marc Ela (1936–2008), African liberation theologian, author of African Cry and My Faith as an African[Jahn]
Frieda Ekotto, professor and novelist; Chuchote pas trop/Don't Whisper too Much
Samuel-Martin Eno Belinga (1935–2004), poet, geologist and civil servant [Jahn]
Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930–1998), poet in French and Duala [Jahn]
Valère Epée (1938– ), musician, poet and historian[Jahn]
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)[Jahn]
Bernard Fonlon (1924–1986), politician and writer
Suzanne Kala Lobè (1953–2024), journalist
Patrice Kayo (1942– ), poet, short story writer and oral storyteller[Gikandi]
Yodi Karone (1954– ), novelist[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
Jacques Kuoh Moukouri (1909–2002), civil servant and autobiographical writer[Jahn]
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri (1938– ), novelist
Werewere Liking (1950– ), novelist also associated with Côte d'Ivoire[Gikandi]
'Sankie Maimo (1930–2013), playwright[Jahn]
Benjamin Matip (1932–2017), novelist and playwright[Jahn]
Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg (1948– ), French-language poet
Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher
William Eteki'a Mbumua (1933–2016)[Jahn]
Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938– ), novelist and playwright[Gikandi] [Jahn]
Dualla Misipo (1901–?), autobiographical writer[Jahn]
Pabé Mongo (1948– ), playwright and novelist[Jahn]
Evelyne Mpoudi Ngolé (1953– ), French-language novelist, author of Sous La Cendre Le Feu and Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues
Engelbert Mveng (1930–1995), Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon [Jahn]
Bernard Nanga (1934–1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris[Gikandi]
David Ndachi Tagne (1958– ), novelist and journalist[Gikandi]
Patrice Ndedi-Penda (1945– ), playwright[Jahn]
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 [Jahn]
Timothee Ndzaagap (1949– ), poet, playwright and story writer[Jahn]
Patrice Nganang (1970– ), novelist
Charles Ngandé, French-language poet
Job Nganthojeff (1936– ), poet[Jahn]
Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933–2008), French-language poet
John Emmanuel Akwo Ngoh (c.1940–2008), poet and novelist[Jahn]
Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang (1982–2015), activist and writer
Simon Njami (1962– ), novelist[Killam & Rowe]
Martin Njoya (1944– ), poet[Jahn]
John Nkemngong Nkengasong (1959– ), poet, playwright, novelist and critic
Jean-Jacques Nkollo (1962– ), novelist[Gikandi]
Etienne B. Noumé, pen name of Etienne NKepndep (1944–1970), French-language poet[Jahn]
Jean-Paul-Nyunaï (1932– ), French-language poet [Jahn]
Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, journalist
Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu (1938– ), short story writer and playwright[Jahn]
Ernestine Ouandié (1961–2009), journalist
Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat[Jahn]
Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010 ), novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939–2021), playwright writing in English and French, author of Trois Pretendants un mari[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
René Philombé, pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede (1930–2001), novelist and editor[Gikandi] [Jahn]
Careen Pilo (fl. 2010s), novelist and diplomat
Louis-Marie Pouka-M'Bague (1910– ), journalist and poet[Jahn]
Simon Rifoé (1943– ), teacher and autobiographical writer[Jahn]
Francois Sengat-Kuo (1931–1997), French-language poet, author of Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris [Jahn]
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[Gikandi]
Shey Ductu (1991– ), short story and essay writer
Kelly Mua Kingsly (1977– ), author and professor




References

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