List of Cameroonian writers

• Afungfege Evita, screenwriter
• 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
• Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda, chemist and novelist
• Paul-Charles Atangana, French-language poet
• N. M. Roger, novelist, author of ', ', and
• Endale Edith, educator and author
• 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
• Isaac Moumé Étia Writer- interpreter, 1st high-ranking government officer of Cameroon
• Léopold Moumé Étia Unionist, Politician and Writer
• Abel Moumé Étia Engineer, high-ranking government officer and Writer - interpreter
• Larry Bate Takang, novelist, poet and playwright; author of A Place of Fun and Evil, Pilgrimage of no Retreat, and The Blind Boys and the Journalist
• Mbuh Mbuh Tennu, Novelist, poet
• Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala, novelist writing in French
• Ngongkum Eunice, Short story writer
• Calixthe Beyala, novelist writing in French
• Jacques Bonjawo, software engineer and columnist
• Bole Butake, playwright
• Fernando d'Almeida, journalist and poet
• Paul Dakeyo, poet
• Mbella Sonne Dipoko, English-language novelist, poet and painter
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Tasi Ntang Lucas, Novelist
• 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
• Adamu Musa, journalist
• :fr:Engelbert Mveng|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
• Tangyie Peter Suh-Nfor, playwright
• Jean-Paul-Nyunaï, French-language poet
• Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu, short story writer and playwright
• John Nkemngong Nkengasong, novelist,poet, playwright
• Joseph Owono, novelist and diplomat
• Ferdinand Oyono, novelist
• Guillaume Oyono-Mbia, playwright writing in English and French, author of Trois Pretendants un mari
• René Philombe, pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede, novelist and editor
• 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
• Veye Tatah, journalist living in Germany
• Kenneth Usongo, scholar, dramatist, and short story writer; currently associate professor of English at Texas College; co-author of Art and Political Thought in Bole Butake
• Delphine Zanga Tsogo, feminist and writer
• Shey Ductu, short story and essay writer
• Daniel A. Ndisang, writer of motivational quotes and student development books