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
* 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

* 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
* Bole Butake (1947–2016), playwright
* Fernando d'Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet
* Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet
* Nsah Mala (1988– ), poet, fiction writer, children's author
* Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009), English-language novelist, poet and painter
* Lydie Dooh Bunya (born 1933), 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 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)
* Jean Ikelle-Matiba (1936–1984)
* Bernard Fonlon (1924–1986), politician and writer
* 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– ), 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''
* 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– ), 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
* Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat
* Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010 ), novelist
* Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939– ), 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– ), 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''
* Veye Tatah (c. 1971– ), journalist living in Germany
* Marcien Towa
* Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935–2020), feminist and writer
* Shey Ductu (1991– ), short story and essay writer

References

{{Lists of writers by nationality

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