List of Cameroonian writers

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This is a list of Cameroonian writers. A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job. A writer is a person who writes books, stories , or articles as a job.

• 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^[1]
• Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda, chemist and novelist
• N. M. Roger (1984-), English-Language fiction writer, blogger, and publisher, author of “Desolate Places“, “The President’s Men“, “Prisoner #1“, “Scholastica: The Botanic Garden Ghost Bride“^[2]
• Paul-Charles Atangana (1930– ), French-language poet^[3]
• 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
• Bole Butake (1947–2016), playwright^[Gikandi]
• Fernando d’Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet^[4]
• Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet^[Gikandi]
• Nsah Mala (1988– ), poet, fiction writer, children’s author^[5][6]
• Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009), English-language novelist, poet and painter^{[Gikandi] [Jahn]}
• Lydie Dooh Bunya (born 1933), 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^[7] [Jahn]
• Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930–1998), poet in French and Duala^[8] [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)^[9]
• Jean Ikelle-Matiba (1936–1984)^[Jahn]
• Bernard Fonlon (1924–1986), politician and writer
• 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^[10]
• 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^[11]
• Engelbert Mveng (1930–1995), Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon^[8] [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^[12] [Jahn]
• Timothee Ndzaagap (1949– ), poet, playwright and story writer^[Jahn]
• Patrice Nganang (1970– ), novelist
• Charles Ngandé, French-language poet^[13]
• Job Nganthojeff (1936– ), poet^[Jahn]
• Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933–2008), French-language poet^[8]
• 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^[8] [Jahn]
• Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, journalist^[14]
• Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu (1938– ), short story writer and playwright^[Jahn]
• Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat^[Jahn]
• Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010 ), novelist^{[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]}
• Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939– ), 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^[8] [Jahn]
• Veye Tatah (c. 1971– ), journalist living in Germany
• Marcien Towa
• Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935–2020), feminist and writer^[Gikandi]
• Shey Ductu (1991– ), short story and essay writer^[15][16][17]