Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi

Ko Lay
Native name
ကိုလေး
Born(1936-08-11)11 August 1936
Inwa, Burma Province, British India
Died22 November 2025(2025-11-22) (aged 89)
Mandalay, Myanmar
Pen nameKo Lay Inwa Gonyi
OccupationPoet
Alma materMandalay University
Notable worksLann Thit Poems (1965)
Notable awards
ChildrenMa Ni Tar

Ko Lay (Burmese: ကိုလေး; 11 August 1936 – 22 November 2025), known by his pen name Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi (ကိုလေး (အင်းဝဂုဏ်ရည်)), was a Burmese poet and recipient of the Lifetime Award for the Myanmar National Literature Award. He began writing poetry in the sixth grade and went on to win the Myanmar National Literature Award for Poetry in 1965.