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 poetJacques Chevrier, Anthologie africaine d'expression française: La poésie, Hatier, 1988, p.145 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 poetRobert Fraser, West African poetry: a critical history, Cambridge University Press, 1986, pp. 281–86 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 servantAlbert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986, p.568 Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930–1998), poet in French and DualaAlbert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986, p. 506. 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)Donna Page, A Cameroon world: art and artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount collection, p.46 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 poetJacques Chevrier, Anthologie africaine d'expression française: La poésie, Hatier, 1988, p.171 Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher William Eteki'a Mbumua (1933–2016) Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938–2014), novelist and playwright Rose Epie Mbole (1954— ), journalist and television presenter 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 RuesEvelyne Mpoudi Ngole; Mpoudi Ngole, Evelyne. Sous La Cendre Le Feu, L'Harmattan, 2000; Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues, Hatier International/Edicef, 2009. Engelbert Mveng (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 TowersPeter W. Vakunta and Bill F. Ndi, Nul n'a le monopole du Français, p. 47. Timothee Ndzaagap (1949– ), poet, playwright and story writer Patrice Nganang (1970– ), novelist Charles Ngandé, French-language poetRichard Njornson, The African quest for freedom and identity: Cameroonian writing and the national experience, Indiana University Press, 1991, p. 184. 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"Cameroun, journée de la femme: Anne Mireille Nzouankeu " Elle a sa place comme toutes les autres journées qui existent"". web.archive.org. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2020-11-11. 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 Donald Besong (unknown year of birth), scientist, author of short thrillers with postcolonial and language-debate themes. Contains female minor characters that challenge on-going claims that African literature written by men often trivialize women, as noted by Margarita Johanson and Nkiru Doris Onyemachi.
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