Mano maniam biography for kids

WITH five decades under his belt as an actor, director, drama teacher, voice-over artiste and writer, Mano Maniam is best known as a local theatre and television veteran.

But Mano, 65, is more than just about theatre. In many ways, he is a modern-day renaissance man.

He has been a teacher and scholar at both local and American universities, and was the recipient of the Fulbright Distinguished Artiste Award in On top of that, he’s a keen environmentalist, having been a long-time member of the Environmental Protection Society of Malaysia, and a former director of the Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia.

In an interview with The Nut Graph on 15 July in his neighbourhood Brickfields, Mano explains why he has much hope for the country.

TNG: When and where were you born?

I was born in Ipoh in , at the tail end of World War II.

My father was the only son of immigrant parents, and he was in his mid-teens when the war broke out. He