# 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– ), 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
* 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– ), 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