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. He is an acclaimed 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. 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.