Bo Taya
{{Burmese name|Bo}}
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ဗိုလ်တာရာ
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| order = Member of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League
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| birth_name = Khin Maung Oo
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|04|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pyinmana, Myanmar
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|02|06|1913|04|13|df=y}}
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| nationality = Burmese
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| alma_mater = Grade 10 English-Burmese
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| occupation = Writer, Politician
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Bo Taya (born as Khin Maung Oo, 13 April 1919 in Pyinman) was a Burmese writer, military officer and a member of the Thirty Comrades.{{cite book|last=Seekins|first=Donald M.|title=Historical Dictionary of Burma (Myanmar)|url=https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio00seek|url-access=limited|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2006|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historicaldictio00seek/page/n300 267]–268|isbn=9780810854765}} He served in the Burmese National Army (BIA) and Burmese Defense Force and participated in the Japanese Revolution.{{cite news |title=Thirty comrades are known as the founders of the Myanmar Army. Gen. Aung San, General Ne Win and Brig-Gen Kyaw Zaw are well known and are known as Major Zay, Colonel, Colonel Aung, Captain Gaw and Major. |url=https://www.bbc.com/burmese/in-depth-46346058}}{{cite news |title=Captain (Thirty Thirty) |url=https://www.moi.gov.mm/npe/?q=news/12/07/2017/id-63690}}{{cite news |title=Aung San Naw, General Naw Zaw Naw |url=https://7day.news/%E1%80%A1%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%86%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA-%E1%80%97%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%9C%E1%80%BA%E1%80%81%E1%80%BB%E1%80%AF%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA-%E1%80%90%E1%80%B1%E1%80%87%E1%80%94%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%BA-----91721}}
Biography and career
On 13 April 1919, he was born in Pyinmana. His birth name was Khin Maung Oo.
In 1936, he joined the Pyinmana District's Dobama Asiayone and was actively involved in the District Federation of Student Unions, District Burial Armed Forces and in the establishment of the Farmers' Union within the district.
From 1942 to 1945, he joined the Burmese National Army (BIA) and Burmese Defense Force and participated in the Japanese Revolution.
In 1959, he married Daw Saw Khin. In the 1960 Burmese general election, he was elected as a Pyithu Hluttaw MP. In 1961, he received a literature award for his novel Thirty Comrades's Back of Home.
Published books
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- Mi Pann Ma (မိပန်းမ, Woman) 1957
- Maw Taw Yayyin (မေတ္တာရေယာဉ်, Merchant Boat) 1959
- Mike Thamya Dan (မိုက်သမျှဒဏ်, A Fool's Fool) 1960
- Chit Thamya Ko (ချစ်သမျှကို, Love All) 1961
- Mone Chit Thanar ( မုန်းချစ်သနား) 1961
- Moe and Myae (မိုးနှင့်မ, Rain and Ground) 1961
Death
Bo Taya died in Yangon on February 6, 1993.Myanmar Encyclopedia (1994); page 240-241
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