Facts:   - death place: htantabin , pegu division , british burma    - notableworks: '' '' thibaw min pardawmu ayedawbon '' akha-me coolie htan chin '' -lrb- 1937 -rrb-    - death date: 11 april 1942    - genre: short stories      - birth date: 23 march 1891    - name: po kya ဖ က    - image: uphokyar.jpg    - birth place: nibban burma village , hinthada , pegu division , british    - occupation: novelist , educational reformer , superintendent   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of po kya .
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po kya -lrb- , ; also spelled pho kyar ; 23 march 1891 -- 11 april 1942 -rrb- is considered one of the top burmese authors and education reformists in 20th century myanmar .he is regarded as the father of burmese short stories , a key member of the nationalist education movement of the 1930s and also a literary genius .his works continue to be popular with both the young and old in myanmar .