T. K. D. Muzhappilangad

T.K Damodaran (born 1946), popularly known as T.K.D. Muzhappilangad, is an Indian author, screenplay writer, critic and orator.

Life
He was born in Muzhappilangad, a coastal village in Kerala. Besides children's literature he wrote four novels, sixteen essays on various subjects, five biographies and five plays.

He is a children's story writer in Malayalam, who has won several awards including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award. His book Unnikkuttanum kadhakaliyum received the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Children's Literature in 1983.