You Bo is a Khmer writer and the president of the

Khmer Writers' Association The Khmer Writers Association (KWA; km, សមាគមអ្នកនិពន្ធខ្មែរ, ), also known as the Association of Khmer Writers,Ollier, p. xv the Association des Ecrivains Khmers, or the Association of Cambodian Writers, wa ...

, whose office is located at

Wat Botum Wat Botum ( km, វត្តបទុម, UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: ; lit. 'Temple of the Lotus Blossoms'), the official name is Wat Botum Watey Reacheveraram ( km, វត្តបទុមវតីរាជវរារាម, link=no) literally means ...

, Oknha Suor Srun Street 7, Sangkat Chaktomuk, Khan Daun Penh, Phnom Penh 12207, Cambodia. You finished high school in 1962, then he became a teacher. To supplement the meager income he received from his teaching job, You wrote poems and stories for local newspapers, such as the Mietophoum newspaper. Later he became the editor-in-chief of that same newspaper when he left teaching in the mid-1960s to focus on his writing. You Bo had as his teachers some very notable Cambodians, among whom are

Nou Hach Nou Hach ( km, នូ ហាច, ; 26 June 1916 1975) was a Cambodian author, perhaps best known for his novel, '' Phka Sropoun''. He was born in Battambang, and died during the Khmer Rouge regime. Early life and education Hach was born to ...

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and

Samdech Preah Moha Chorn Nath ''Samdech'' ( km, សម្តេច, UNGEGN: ) is a Cambodian honorific bestowed by the King of Cambodia to individuals deemed to have made significant contributions to the nation. It roughly translates as "lord". It is often accompanied by a l ...

Notable works

Some of his well-known works are: * Mear Kea Sok (មារជាសុខ) - A Guideline to Happiness, 1962; * The 195-Year-Old Doctor (គ្រូពេទ្យអាយុ១៩៥ឆ្នាំ?), 1964; and * The Loss of Two Popular Stars, 1967.

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Article from Cambodian Scene magazine {{DEFAULTSORT:You, Bo Cambodian male writers Living people Cambodian poets Male poets 20th-century poets 20th-century male writers 20th-century Cambodian writers Year of birth missing (living people)