''She Was a Queen'' was a novel by
Maurice Collis. It is a fictional embellished account of Queen
Pwa Saw
Pwa Saw ( my, ဖွားစော ; also known as Saw Hla Wun (စောလှဝန်း, ); 1240– 1295/96 or 1310s) was a chief queen consort of King Narathihapate of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). She is remembered as witty, wise ...
of the
Pagan Dynasty of
Burma (Myanmar).
The book was translated into Burmese by
Mya Than Tint, and the translation appeared as a serial in the monthly magazine ''Sanda'' in the 1980s. The book version of the translation however was banned by the
military government
A military government is generally any form of government that is administered by military forces, whether or not this government is legal under the laws of the jurisdiction at issue, and whether this government is formed by natives or by an occup ...
that came to power in 1988, reportedly because the novel's portrayal of Pwa Saw as a powerful woman drew a close comparison to
Aung San Suu Kyi. The ban was lifted only in 2005.
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*{{cite book, last1=Collis, first1=Maurice, others=Introduction by Louise Collis, title=She Was a Queen, date=1991, publisher=New Directions Pub. Corp., location=New York, isbn=978-0811211697, url-access=registration, url=https://archive.org/details/shewasqueen0000coll
1937 British novels
Faber & Faber books