Paul Chirakkarode (4 September 1938 - 4 August 2008) was a noted Malayalam- and English-language author, social critic, orator, and human rights activist.
Chirakkarode was born in Maramon, a small village situated on the banks of Pamba river, near Thiruvalla in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala.
Chirakkarode started his literary life in 1955, at the age of seventeen, by publishing his first novel Alinju Theernna Athmav (Dissolved Soul).
Then he wrote a number of short stories and novels, such as Pravasam (Living in Exile), Aavaranam (The Covering), Sathyathinte Mugham (The Face of Truth), and Pulayathara (The Hut of Pulaya).
He was the founder editor of Padavukal, a news journal magazine published by the Department of Social Welfare, Government of Kerala, during 2001–2005.
As a human rights activist Chirakkarode stood strongly along with the crusade of the downtrodden people in India and their socio-cultural revolts in modern times.