Mario Miranda
Mario Miranda
Mario Miranda
Early life
He studied at St. Josephs Boys High School, Bangalore and then did a B.A. in History at St. Xaviers Col5 Recognition and fame
lege, Mumbai, while focusing on the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). Thereafter he started studying architecture at the behest of his parents, though he soon lost Mirandas big break came in 1974, when, at the invitation
of the United States Information Services, he travelled to
interest.[4]
America, which enabled him to promote his art and inMeanwhile his talent was noticed and his friends encour- teract with other cartoonists in the United States and also
aged him to make postcards and draw for them, which got a chance to work with Charles M. Schulz, the creator
earned him extra pocket money.
of Peanuts, and met Herblock, the editorial cartoonist of
the Washington Post.
He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, the Padma
Bhushan in 2002[6] and All India Cartoonistss Association, Bangalore, honoured him with a lifetime achieveMiranda started his career in an advertising studio, where ment award.[7] The King of Spain, Juan Carlos, conferred
he worked for four years, before taking up cartooning on Mario the highest civilian honour of Cross of the
full-time. He got his rst break as a cartoonist with The Order of Isabel the Catholic" which was presented to him
Career
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Beyond cartooning
REFERENCES
Besides cartooning, Mirandas murals are present on var- On May 2, 2016 Google honoured him with a doodle, as
ious buildings in Goa and other parts of India. Late in it was his 90th birth anniversary. The doodle showcased a
typical Mumbai neighbourhood scene during the rains.[15]
life he took to paintings which received wide response.
Over the years, he published several books, including
Laugh it O, Goa with Love, and Germany in Wintertime.
Besides his own books, he illustrated books by Dom
Moraes (A Journey to Goa), Manohar Malgaonkar (Inside Goa) and Mario Cabral e S's (Legends of Goa). He
also illustrated many childrens books, including Dul-Dul,
The Magic Clay Horse (1968), The Adventures of Pilla
the Pup (1969), and Lumbdoom, The Long-Tailed Langoor (1968), all written by Uma Anand and published by
IBH Publishing Company, Bombay, under its Echo imprint.
He loved to travel and listening to music and it was his
ambition to experiment further with water colours and to
write memories of his early years in Goa, on retirement.
He was not able to full these two latter ambitions.
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Caf Mondegar
10 References
[1] Mario Miranda prole at Kamat.com
[2] Padma Awards. pib. 27 January 2013. Retrieved 27
January 2013.
[3] Mario interview indiatravelogue
[4] An interview with Mario Miranda
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