Mahakavi M. P. Appan (29 March 1913 – 10 December 2003) was a poet and littérateur of Malayalam.

[3] He began his career as a school teacher after completing BA Honours from the Kerala University College, Trivandrum.

Some of his works include Suvarnodayam (1936), Vellinakshathram (1939), Leela Soudham (1955), Kilikkonchal (1954), Soundaryadhara (1958), Udyanasoonam (1972), Satyadarsanam (1980) and Jeevithasayahnathil (1986).

[4] He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Udyanasoonam in 1973.

In 1998, he received the Ezhuthachan Award which is Kerala's highest literary honour.