List of Cameroonian writers
This is a list of Cameroonian writers.
- 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]
- Bate Besong (1954–2007), poet.[Gikandi]
- Larry Bate Takang, novelist, Poet & Playwright. Author of "A Place of Fun and Evil"; "Pilgrimage of no Retreat"; "The Blind Boys and the Journalist" [www.larrybate.com]
- Mongo Beti, pseudonym of Alexandre Biyidi Awala (1932–2001), novelist writing in French.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Calixthe Beyala (1961– ), novelist writing in French.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Jacques Bonjawo (1960– ), software engineer and columnist.
- Bole Butake (1947– ), playwright.[Gikandi]
- Fernando d'Almeida (1955– ), journalist and poet.[2]
- Paul Dakeyo (1948– ), poet.[Gikandi]
- Mbella Sonne Dipoko (1936– ), English-language novelist, poet and painter.[Gikandi]
- Ntone Edjabe
- Gaston-Paul Effa (1965– ), novelist.[Gikandi]
- Jean Marc Ela (1936– ), 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– ), poet, geologist and civil servant.[3]
- 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).[4]
- Bernard Fonlon
- Patrice Kayo (1942– ), poet, short story writer and oral storyteller.[Gikandi]
- Yodi Karone (1954– ), novelist.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Thérèse Kuoh-Moukouri
- Werewere Liking (1950– ), novelist also associated with Côte d'Ivoire.[Gikandi]
- Achille Mbembe
- Claude-Joseph M'Bafou-Zetebeg (1948– ), French-language poet.[5]
- Achille Mbembe (1957– ), political philosopher.
- Rémy Sylvestre Medou Mvomo (1938– ), novelist and playwright.[Gikandi]
- Evelyne Mpoudi Ngole (1953–), French-language novelist, author of Sous La Cendre Le Feu and Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues.[6]
- Adamu Musa
- Engelbert Mveng (1930–1995), Jesuit priest and French-language poet, author of Balafon.[7]
- 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]
- Bernard Nanga (1934–1985), French-language novelist, author of Les Chauve-Souris.[Gikandi]
- David Ndachi Tagne (1958– ), novelist and journalist.[Gikandi]
- Patrice Nganang (1970– ), novelist.
- Charles Ngandé, French-language poet.[9]
- Jeanne Ngo Mai (1933– ), French-language poet.[7]
- Joel Gustave Nana Ngongang
- Simon Njami (1962– ), novelist.[Killam & Rowe]
- Jean-Jacques Nkollo (1962– ), novelist.[Gikandi]
- Etienne B. Noume, pen-name of Etienne NKepndep (1944–1970), French-language poet.[10]
- Tangyie Nsuh-For
- Jean-Paul-Nyunaï (1932– ), French-language poet.[7]
- Joseph Owono (1921–1981), novelist and diplomat.
- Ferdinand Oyono (1929– ), novelist.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- Guillaume Oyono-Mbia (1939– ), playwright writing in English and French, author of Trois Pretendants un mari.[Gikandi] [Killam & Rowe]
- René Philombe, pseudonym of Philippe-Louis Ombede (1930–2001), novelist and editor.[Gikandi]
- Francois Sengat-Kuo (1931– ), French-language poet, author of Fleurs de Laterite, Heures rouges, and Collier de Cauris.[7]
- Elolongué Epanya Yondo (1930– ), poet in French and Duala.[7]
- Delphine Zanga Tsogo (1935– ), feminist and writer.[Gikandi]
References
- ↑ Jacques Chevrier, Anthologie africaine d'expression française: La poésie, Hatier, 1988, p.145
- ↑ Robert Fraser, West African poetry: a critical history, Cambridge University Press, 1986, pp. 281–86
- ↑ Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986, p.568
- ↑ Donna Page, A Cameroon world: art and artifacts from the Caroline and Marshall Mount collection, p.46
- ↑ Jacques Chevrier, Anthologie africaine d'expression française: La poésie, Hatier, 1988, p.171
- ↑ Evelyne Mpoudi Ngole; Mpoudi Ngole, Evelyne. Sous La Cendre Le Feu, L'Harmattan, 2000; Petit Jo, Enfant Des Rues, Hatier International/Edicef, 2009.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Albert S. Gérard, European-Language Writing in Sub-Saharan Africa, Volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1986, p. 506.
- ↑ Peter W. Vakunta and Bill F. Ndi, Nul n'a le monopole du Français, p. 47.
- ↑ Richard Njornson, The African quest for freedom and identity: Cameroonian writing and the national experience, Indiana University Press, 1991, p. 184.
- ↑ Janheinz Jahn et al, Who's Who in African Literature: biographies, works, commentaries, H. Erdmann, 1972, p. 269.
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- [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
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