After spending over a year in prison for taking part in a 2015 rally for education reform, the activist and former Buddhist monk, known by his pen name K Zar Win, published his most well-known poetry collection, My Reply to Ramon. On March 3, 2021, he was killed at an anti-coup protest in Monywa, Myanmar. Prior to his death, he wrote: “Though I have different views than you, I’ll lay down my life for you all.”
