Special Installation: Works by Sonam Dolma BrauenĬoinciding with the program, there will be a special installation of two works by the Tibetan artist Sonam Dolma Brauen, Yangzom's mother, on view in Asia Society's Visitor Center from October 4–16. Viewers are encouraged to submit questions to an excerpt from Across Many Mountains Across Many Mountains is her first book and already a best-seller in Germany.Ĭan't make it to this program? Tune into /Live at 6:30 pm ET for a free live video webcast. She enjoys cooking for friends in her spare time, as well as immersing herself in nature. Today, Yangzom lives in Los Angeles as an actress, writer and producer. Her Swiss anthropologist father and Tibetan artist mother ignited her passion for the arts but also contributed to her appreciation and understanding of her Tibetan roots, not just from a cultural but a very deep personal perspective.
Yangzom Brauen was born and raised in Bern, Switzerland. In conversation with Paul Raushenbush, Senior Religion Editor at the Huffington Post Media Group. Written by Yangzom Brauen, Kunsang's granddaughter, who retells the harrowing yet inspirational story of her grandmother and mother's life in Tibet and their subsequent escape and exile. A powerful, emotional memoir, Across Many Mountains is an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women, whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao’s Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother, Kunsang, and her six-year-old daughter, Sonam, on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom.
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