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narrative non-fictionJesper BengtsonJesper Bengtsson is a journalist and author. He has followeddevelopments in Burma for more than ten years. Jesper is thechairman of the Swedish section of Reporters sans frontières[Reporters Without Borders].Aung San Suu Kyi – En kamp för frihetAung San Suu Kyi – A biographyNovember 2011, 263 pagesSenior Editor: Stefan SkogEnglish translation availableRights sold to:Spartacus, NorwayMinerva, FinlandTurbulenz, DenmarkHarperCollins, AustraliaPotomac Books, USAAmaryllis, IndiaDe Geus, The NetherlandsMorning Star, TaiwanRotbuch Verlag, GermanyAung San Suu Kyi – A BiographyIn May 2010, Norstedts published Jesper Bengtsson’s biographyon Burma opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prizelaureate Aung San Suu Kyi. Since then, Aung San Suu Kyiwas released from house arrest in November 2010 and inFebruary 2011 Jesper Bengtsson managed to interview her.In November 2011, the revised and updated version of thiscelebrated biography was released.“We sit down in a sofa a few feet away from each other. Sheseems relaxed and perfectly composed. I ask her about herenergy and apparently good mood.’It´s not strange at all’, she says with an ironic glimpse in hereyes. ’The military gave me seven years of rest, so now I´mfull of energy to continue my work.’That´s mildly spoken an interesting approach to time, thatsomeone with a less optimistic view on life would define aswasted. But that´s how she seems to be, this Nobel Prize laureateand democratic icon. She has survived all these yearsof isolation by embracing it and pick out the up sides ratherthan the obvious down sides.”Press voices:“To anyone who wants to try to understand why, I highlyrecommended Burma scholar Jesper Bengtsson’s initiated,highly readable biography.” Östgöta Correspondenten”An excellent biography” Tidningen Ångermanland”An engaging and believable portrait of a remarkable womanwho stands out against the harrowing backdrop ofBurma’s sad story, that Bengtsson know better than most.I confess: my admiration is endless.” Dagens Nyheter”Read this book. Not to get an objective analysis of AungSan Suu Kyi’s political achievements, but to get a backgroundand understanding of why she has been under housearrest for 14 of the last 20 years and why she chose not to travelto her husband’s deathbed in March 1999.” Norra Skånelinda.altrovberg@norstedts.secatherine.mork@norstedts.seasa.bergman@norstedts.se