This is a list of Cameroonian writers.Boé A-Amang, 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 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, French-language poet
Philomène Bassek, 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, 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, novelist writing in French
Jacques Bonjawo, software engineer and columnist
Bole Butake (1947–2016), playwright
Fernando d'Almeida, journalist and poet
Paul Dakeyo, poet
Nsah Mala, poet, fiction writer, children's author
Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009), English-language novelist, poet and painter
Lydie Dooh Bunya, journalist and writer.
Ntone Edjabe, journalist
Gaston-Paul Effa, 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, musician, poet and historian
Denise Epoté, 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, poet, short story writer and oral storyteller
Yodi Karone, novelist
Jacques Kuoh Moukouri (1909–2002), civil servant and autobiographical writer
Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri, novelist
Werewere Liking, novelist also associated with Côte d'Ivoire
'Sankie Maimo (1930–2013), playwright
Benjamin Matip (1932–2017), novelist and playwright
Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg, French-language poet
Achille Mbembe, political philosopher
William Eteki'a Mbumua (1933–2016)
Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo, novelist and playwright
Dualla Misipo (1901–?), 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 (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, 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 (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, novelist
Martin Njoya, poet
John Nkemngong Nkengasong, poet, playwright, novelist and critic
Jean-Jacques Nkollo, novelist
Etienne B. Noumé, pen name of Etienne NKepndep (1944–1970), French-language poet
Jean-Paul-Nyunaï, French-language poet
Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, journalist
Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu, short story writer and playwright
Joseph Owono (1921–1981), 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 (1930–2001), 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 (1931–1997), French-language poet, author of Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris
Veye Tatah, journalist living in Germany
Marcien Towa
Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935–2020), feminist and writer
Shey Ductu, short story and essay writer
