List of Cameroonian writers
This is a list of Cameroonian writers.
- Boé A-Amang, playwright and theatre director
- Severin Cecile Abega, French-language fiction writer and anthropologist, author of Les Bimanes, Le Bourreau and Entre Terre et Ciel
- Imbolo Mbue novelist
- Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda, chemist and novelist
- Paul-Charles Atangana, French-language poet
- Philomène Bassek, French-language novelist, author of La Tache de Sang
- Francis Bebey, author of Les Trois Petits Cireurs, Agatha Moudio'son, The Ashanti Doll, Enfant Pluie and Ministre et le Griot
- Jacques Bengono, poet and short story writer
- Bate Besong, poet
- Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala, novelist writing in French
- Calixthe Beyala, novelist writing in French
- Jacques Bonjawo, software engineer and columnist
- Hemley Boum, novelist
- Bole Butake, playwright
- Fernando d'Almeida, journalist and poet
- Paul Dakeyo, poet
- Jeanne-Louise Djanga, novelist and poet
- Sarah Namondo Luma,, Christian poet, children's story writer, refugee rights correspondent,travel blogger,christian blogger, English language teacher
- Nsah Mala, poet, fiction writer, children's author
- Mbella Sonne Dipoko, English-language novelist, poet and painter
- Lydie Dooh Bunya, journalist and writer
- Ntone Edjabe, journalist
- Gaston-Paul Effa, novelist
- Jean Marc Ela, 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, poet, geologist and civil servant
- Elolongué Epanya Yondo, poet in French and Duala
- Valère Epée, musician, poet and historian
- Denise Epoté, journalist and head of African reporting for TV5 Monde
- Professor Ndumbe Eyoh, playwright
- Alexis Maxime Feyou de Happy, French-language playwright, author of Conscience Ouverte, Dithy, Fairy Tales from Propagamar, Victus Libri/Classic African Art, Les Mezzotiniales, Bodanou le Petit Oiseau Rouge, and La Septieme Colonne/L'Ombre de Meridor
- Jean Ikelle-Matiba
- Bernard Fonlon, politician and writer
- Suzanne Kala Lobè, journalist
- Patrice Kayo, poet, short story writer and oral storyteller
- Yodi Karone, novelist
- Jacques Kuoh Moukouri, civil servant and autobiographical writer
- Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri, novelist
- Werewere Liking, novelist also associated with Côte d'Ivoire
- 'Sankie Maimo, playwright
- Benjamin Matip, novelist and playwright
- Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg, French-language poet
- Achille Mbembe, political philosopher
- William Eteki'a Mbumua
- Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo, novelist and playwright
- Dualla Misipo, autobiographical writer
- Pabé Mongo, playwright and novelist
- Evelyne Mpoudi Ngolé, French-language novelist, author of Sous La Cendre Le Feu and Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues
- Engelbert Mveng, Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon
- Bernard Nanga, French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris
- David Ndachi Tagne, novelist and journalist
- Patrice Ndedi-Penda, playwright
- Bill F. Ndi, 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, poet, playwright and story writer
- Patrice Nganang, novelist
- Charles Ngandé, French-language poet
- Job Nganthojeff, poet
- Jeanne Ngo Mai, French-language poet
- John Emmanuel Akwo Ngoh, poet and novelist
- Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang, activist and writer
- Simon Njami, novelist
- Martin Njoya, poet
- John Nkemngong Nkengasong, poet, playwright, novelist and critic
- Jean-Jacques Nkollo, novelist
- Etienne B. Noumé, pen name of Etienne NKepndep, French-language poet
- Jean-Paul-Nyunaï, French-language poet
- Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, journalist
- Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu, short story writer and playwright
- Ernestine Ouandié, journalist
- Joseph Owono, novelist and diplomat
- Ferdinand Oyono, novelist
- Guillaume Oyono-Mbia, playwright writing in English and French, author of Trois Pretendants un mari
- René Philombé, pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede, novelist and editor
- Careen Pilo, novelist and diplomat
- Louis-Marie Pouka-M'Bague, journalist and poet
- Simon Rifoé, teacher and autobiographical writer
- Francois Sengat-Kuo, French-language poet, author of Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris
- Alice Delphine Tang, writer and literature lecturer at University of Yaoundé
- Veye Tatah, journalist living in Germany
- Marcien Towa
- Florence Tsagué Assopgoum, political scientist and writer
- Delphine Zanga Tsogo, feminist and writer
- Shey Ductu, short story and essay writer
- Kelly Mua Kingsly, author and professor