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Inge Sargent

b. 1932 · 20th century · Also known as Inge Eberhard, Thusandi

Inge Sargent is an Austrian-born writer who married Sao Kya Seng, the saopha of the Shan state of Hsipaw, whom she met as a student in the United States. After the 1962 military coup in Burma her husband disappeared in army custody, and she escaped with their daughters. Her memoir, Twilight over Burma: My Life as a Shan Princess (1994), told their story.

Inge Sargent
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Hsipaw State

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