Asha Miró

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Asha Miró (2009).

Asha Maria Miró Vega (* 1967 in Shaha , India ) is a Catalan writer and television presenter of Indian descent.

biography

She spent her early childhood in orphanages in Mumbai . In 1974, she was supported by a Catalan family adopted and since then has lived in Barcelona . After studying in the Catalan metropolis, she taught music in elementary schools from 1989 to 2001. She worked in various volunteer projects in India , Rwanda and Mexico and is committed to intercultural understanding and as an expert on adoptions. She also moderates children's programs on Spanish television and provided the template for the Asha cartoon series planned by Casa Asia .

She described the adoption and her first two trips to India in two books, which were also made into a television documentary. Her experiences also inspired Miró to publish children's books. After becoming bestsellers in Spain, they have all been translated from Catalan into many other languages.

Works (original title in Catalan)

  • Daughter of the Ganges. A young woman on the trail of her childhood in India (“La filla del Ganges”). Lübbe-Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 2005, ISBN 3-404-61573-5 . (Asha Miró tells of her moving return to India at the age of 27 and looks back on her childhood in the orphanage and adoption).
  • Les dos cares de la lluna. 3rd edition Editorial Lumen, Barcelona 2004, ISBN 84-264-1427-3 . (A few years later she visits India a second time and finds out more about her past).
  • Els quatre viatgers . La Magrana, Barcelona 2003, ISBN 84-8264-491-2 . (Picture book for children. Four children from different countries find new families through adoption).
  • Els quatre viatgers a l'aquari . La Magrana, Barcelona 2004, ISBN 84-7871-211-9 . (Picture book for children. Four children explore their cultural differences).

Filmography

  • Retorno a India, broadcast on Catalan television on TV3

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personal data
SURNAME Miró, Asha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Miró Vega, Asha Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish author and television presenter of Indian descent
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Shaha , India