Damodar Mauzo has several short stories, novels and junevile literature among his list of published works. He received the 1983 Sahitya Akademi Award for his novel Karmelin. He has also won the Goa Kala Academy Award and the Konkani Bhasha Mandal Award. In 1997, he was awarded the Best Dialogue Award at the Goa Film Festival for the film Shitooi. He participated actively in the Konkani Porjecho Avaz Movement that successfully culminated in achieving official language status for Konkani.