Damodar Mauzo (born 1 August 1944) is an Indian short story writer, novelist, critic, and screenwriter in Konkani.

After this, he helped his uncle at the family shop alongside studying, until he passed the Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in 1961.

Mauzo after his graduation returned to Goa to run his family shop, this kept him close to the people of his village which is predominantly Catholic.

The novel deals with the suffering and sexual exploitation of the ayahs (house maids) working in Persian Gulf countries and it has been translated into twelve languages.

The Ministry of Culture, Government of India awarded him the Senior Fellowship in 2011-12 for the project on Pre and Post Colonial History of Konkani Literature.

He motivated the people of Goa to vote in favour of retaining their distinct identity by rejecting the merger with the neighbouring state of Maharashtra.

He has served a five-year term as a member of the Executive Board and Finance Committee of Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi.

In 2015, following the assassination of Prof Kalburgi, Mauzo spoke up against the freedom of expression in the country, as well as the "moral policing by the protagonists of mono-culturism".

He expressed concern over the threat to the creativity of free thinking writers, and what he called the rising trend of intolerance in India.

[7] In July 2020, on account of the COVID-19 pandemic, Mauzo released a book of short stories, Tishthavani via an online session.

Another story "Sundarkayecho Upasaka" (The Aesthetist ), is about the fallacy of a wealthy man who claims to have aesthetic wisdom.

[8] Gathon 1971 Zagranna 1975 Rumad Ful 1989 Bhurgim Mhugelim Tim 2001 Sapan Mogi 2014 Sood 1975 Karmelin 1981 Tsunami Simon 2009 Ek Ashillo Babulo 1976 Kani Eka Khomsachi 1977 Chittarangi 1995 Oshe Ghodle Shenoy Goembaab 2003 Unch Haves Unch Mathem 2003 A documentary film titled 'Bhai Mauzo' (2014), produced by Sahitya Akademi, was made by Indranil Chakravarty on the life and work of the writer.

The novel Karmelin was translated into twelve languages—Assamese, Bengali, Maithili, Nepali, Gujarati, Marathi, Sindhi, Punjabi, Tamil, Kannada,Malayalam, Hindi and English, after being published by Sahitya Akademi.

2011 Vishwa Konkani Kendra's Vimala V Pai Sahitya Puraskar for Tsunami Simon 2013 Goan Achievers Awardconferred by The Navhind Times and Viva Goa.