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]
  • Marie-Therese Assiga Ahanda, chemist and novelist
  • Paul-Charles Atangana (1930– ), French-language poet[1]
  • 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
  • Bole Butake (1947–2016), playwright[Gikandi]
  • Fernando d'Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet[2]
  • Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet[Gikandi]
  • Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936–2009), English-language novelist, poet and painter[Gikandi] [Jahn]
  • Lydie Dooh Bunya (born 1933), 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[3] [Jahn]
  • Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930–1998), poet in French and Duala[4] [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)[5]
  • Jean Ikelle-Matiba (1936–1984)[Jahn]
  • Bernard Fonlon (1924–1986), politician and writer
  • 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[6]
  • Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher
  • William Eteki'a Mbumua (1933–2016)[Jahn]
  • Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938– ), 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[7]
  • Engelbert Mveng (1930–1995), Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon[4] [Jahn]
  • Bernard Nanga (1934–1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris[Gikandi]
  • David Ndachi Tagne (1958– ), 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[8] [Jahn]
  • Timothee Ndzaagap (1949– ), poet, playwright and story writer[Jahn]
  • Patrice Nganang (1970– ), novelist
  • Charles Ngandé, French-language poet[9]
  • Job Nganthojeff (1936– ), poet[Jahn]
  • Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933–2008), French-language poet[4]
  • 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[4] [Jahn]
  • Anne Mireille Nzouankeu, journalist[10]
  • Jacques Muriel Nzouankeu (1938– ), short story writer and playwright[Jahn]
  • Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat[Jahn]
  • Ferdinand Oyono (1929–2010 ), novelist[Gikandi] [Jahn] [Killam & Rowe]
  • Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939– ), 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]
  • Louis-Marie Pouka-M'Bague (1910– ), 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[4] [Jahn]
  • Veye Tatah (c.1971– ), journalist living in Germany
  • Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935–2020), feminist and writer[Gikandi]
  • Shey Ductu (1991– ), short story and essay writer[11][12][13]

References
  1. Jacques Chevrier, Anthologie africaine d'expression française: La poésie, Hatier, 1988, p.145
  2. Robert Fraser, West African poetry: a critical history, Cambridge University Press, 1986, pp. 281–86
  3. Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986, p.568
  4. Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986, p. 506.
  5. Donna Page, A Cameroon world: art and artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount collection, p.46
  6. Jacques Chevrier, Anthologie africaine d'expression française: La poésie, Hatier, 1988, p.171
  7. Evelyne Mpoudi Ngole; Mpoudi Ngole, Evelyne. Sous La Cendre Le Feu, L'Harmattan, 2000; Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues, Hatier International/Edicef, 2009.
  8. Peter W. Vakunta and Bill F. Ndi, Nul n'a le monopole du Français, p. 47.
  9. Richard Njornson, The African quest for freedom and identity: Cameroonian writing and the national experience, Indiana University Press, 1991, p. 184.
  10. "Cameroun, journée de la femme: Anne Mireille Nzouankeu " Elle a sa place comme toutes les autres journées qui existent"". web.archive.org. 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  11. "Books: Cameroonian Activist Shey Ductu Releases a Short Story Titled Shades of Misfortune". Kamer Expression. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  12. "Shey Ductu Addresses African Youth in a new book". Kamer Expression. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 11 December 2016.
  13. Ductu, Shey. Shades of Misfortune.
  1. [Gikandi] Simon Gikandi, ed., Encyclopedia of African Literature. Routledge; 2002. ISBN 978-0-415-23019-3
  2. [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
  3. [Killam & Rowe] Douglas Killam & Ruth Rowe, eds., The Companion to African Literatures. James Currey & Indiana University Press; 2000. ISBN 0-253-33633-3
  4. [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
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