Daniel Munduruku is a Brazilian writer and educator. He is member of the Munduruku indigenous people. His children's books deal about traditional indigenous life and tales and have been awarded several prizes. Munduruku holds three undergraduate degrees in Philosophy, History and Psychology. He has a master's degree in Social Anthropology and a doctorate in Education by the University of São Paulo.
Besides being a writer, he worked as a teacher and is involved in many organizations that strive for the culture and literature of the indigenous people of Brazil. Munduruku is president of the Instituto Indígena Brasileiro da Propriedade Intelectual, director of the Instituto Uk'a – A Casa dos Saberes Ancestrais and president of the Academy of Letters of Lorena. He is managing director of the Museu do Índio of Rio de Janeiro.