Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi
Ko Lay | |
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| Native name | ကိုလေး |
| Born | 11 August 1936 Inwa, Burma Province, British India |
| Died | 22 November 2025 (aged 89) Mandalay, Myanmar |
| Pen name | Ko Lay Inwa Gonyi |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Alma mater | Mandalay University |
| Notable works | Lann Thit Poems (1965) |
| Notable awards | |
| Children | Ma 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.