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The life of aung san suu kyi peter popham nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu kyi known to the world as an icon for democracy and nonviolent dissent in oppressed burma, and to her followers as simply the lady has recently returned to international headlines. Myanmars aung suu kyi on tuesday, suu kyi listened impassively as lawyers for gambia detailed graphic testimony of suffering of rohingya at the hands of the myanmar military. The lady does succeeds as a basic educational vehicle, although, when suu kyi won the nobel peace price in 1991, much of the world became aware of the political struggle taking place in burma. A collection of speeches and writings of aung san suu kyi including a biography of her father. Irish songwriters damien rice and lisa hannigan released in 2005 the single unplayed piano, in support of the free aung san suu kyi 60th birthday campaign that was happening at the time. The lady by luc besson, set in myanmar, stars michelle.