Source: National Archives & Historic Records of Historical Burma
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Dagon Taya 🇲🇲

ဒဂုန်တာရာ (Known as "Dagon Taya")
Pioneering Modernist Writer, Essayist, Peace Leader, Creator of 'Literature for the People'
Born 1919-05-10 🇲🇲 Kyaiklat, Ayeyarwady, Historical Burma
Passed Away 2013-08-19 Aungban, Shan State, Myanmar
Lifespan 94 years old
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"I do not make enemies. My weapon is love, and my ink is devoted only to peace and freedom."

Archival Overview

Towering modernist author, essayist, and peace advocate who led the post-war 'Sar-Thit' (New Literature) movement, championing humanist realism and authoring the classic portrait of Aung San 'Aung San the Untamed'.

Biographical Record

Dagon Taya was born on May 10, 1919, in Kyaiklat. As editor of the Rangoon University Students' Union magazine Oway, he worked alongside Aung San and U Nu. In 1946, he published his famous essay on Aung San, Aung San Thu-do-aung-san ('Aung San the Untamed'), capturing the leader's human frailties and raw genius.

Taya founded the Sar-Thit literary movement, arguing that art must serve peace, human rights, and the working people rather than military propaganda. Imprisoned for four years under Ne Win's military dictatorship, he remained an unbending voice for democratic reconciliation and aesthetic freedom until his passing in 2013 at age ninety-four.

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Final Resting Place

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Aungban Memorial Cemetery
Aungban, Shan State, Myanmar
GPS: 20.6600, 96.6300
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