List of Cameroonian writers
This is a list of Cameroonian writers.
- 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
- Paul-Charles Atangana (1930– ), French-language poet[2]
- 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
- Hemley Boum (1973– ), novelist
- Bole Butake (1947–2016), playwright[Gikandi]
- Fernando d'Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet[3]
- Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet[Gikandi]
- 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[4][5]
- Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009), English-language novelist, poet and painter[Gikandi] [Jahn]
- Lydie Dooh Bunya (1933–2020), 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[6] [Jahn]
- Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930–1998), poet in French and Duala[7] [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)[8]
- Jean Ikelle-Matiba (1936–1984)[Jahn]
- Bernard Fonlon (1924–1986), politician and writer
- Suzanne Kala Lobè (1953–2024), journalist
- 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[9]
- Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher
- William Eteki'a Mbumua (1933–2016)[Jahn]
- Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938–2014), 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[10]
- Engelbert Mveng (1930–1995), Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon[7] [Jahn]
- Bernard Nanga (1934–1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris[Gikandi]
- David Ndachi Tagne (1958–2006), 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[11] [Jahn]
- Timothee Ndzaagap (1949– ), poet, playwright and story writer[Jahn]
- Patrice Nganang (1970– ), novelist
- Charles Ngandé, French-language poet[12]
- Job Nganthojeff (1936– ), poet[Jahn]
- Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933–2008), French-language poet[7]
- 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[7] [Jahn]
- Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, journalist[13]
- Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu (1938– ), short story writer and playwright[Jahn]
- Ernestine Ouandié (1961–2009), journalist
- Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat[Jahn]
- Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010 ), novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
- Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939–2021), 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 (1910–1991), 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[7] [Jahn]
- 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[Gikandi]
- Shey Ductu (1991– ), short story and essay writer[14][15][16]
- Kelly Mua Kingsly (1977– ), author and professor
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- [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
- [Gikandi & Mwangi] Simon Gikandi & Evan Mwangi, ed., The Columbia Guide to East African Literature in English Since 1945. Columbia University Press; 2007. ISBN 978-0-231-12520-8
- [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
- [Jahn] Janheinz Jahn, Ulla Schild & Almut Nordmann Seiler, eds., Who's who in African Literature: Biographies, Works, Commentaries. Horst Erdmann Verlag, 1972. ISBN 978-3-7711-0153-4