M. Thomas Mathew is an Indian literary critic, orator, translator and academic who writes in Malayalam language.

He has written a number of books on literary criticism such as Dhanthagopurathilekku Veendum, Ente Valmeekamevide, Ashante Seethayanam and Athmavinte Murivukal and has translated works into Malayalam which includes New Humanism written by M. N. Roy.

Born on 27 September 1940 in Keekozhur, a small hamlet in Pathanamthitta district, in the south Indian state of Kerala,[1] Thomas Mathew did his education at Christian College, Chengannur and Maharaja's College, Ernakulam and started his career as a lecturer at his alma meter, Christian College, Chengannur.

[5] His work, Athmavinte Murivukal fetched him the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism in 2001.

[11] Thomas Mathew lives in Changampuzha Nagar, in Kochi, Kerala.