Damodar Mauzo

Damodar Mauzo
Mauzo in 2013
Born (1944-08-01) 1 August 1944
Nationality
    • Portuguese
      (until 1961)
    • Indian (from 1961)
EducationSecondary School Certificate (1961)
Alma materR. A. Podar College (B.Com)
    Occupations
    • Writer
    • novelist
    • critic
    • screenwriter
    Notable workAleesha (2004)
    Board member ofSahitya Akademi
    SpouseShaila Mauzo
    Children3
    Awards
    Websitedamodarmauzo.com

    Damodar Mauzo (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian short story writer, novelist, critic, and screenwriter in Konkani. He was awarded the 57th Jnanpith Award, India's highest literary honour, in 2022, Sahitya Akademi Award in 1983 for his novel Karmelin and the Vimala V. Pai Vishwa Konkani Sahitya Puraskar award for his novel Tsunami Simon in 2011. His collection of short stories Teresa's Man and Other Stories from Goa was nominated for the Frank O'Connor International award in 2015. He has served as a member of the executive board, general council, as well as the finance committee of the Sahitya Akademi.