1. Bo Yang, sometimes erroneously called Bai Yang, was a Chinese historian, novelist, philosopher, poet based in Taiwan.
14 Facts About Bo Yang
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Bo Yang later adopted 7 March, the date of his 1968 imprisonment, as his birthday.
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Bo Yang later changed his name to Guo Yidong, spelled Kuo I-tung.
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Bo Yang graduated from the National Northeastern University, and moved to Taiwan after the Kuomintang lost the civil war in 1949.
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Bo Yang had various jobs during his life, including that of a teacher.
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Bo Yang became director of the Pingyuan Publishing House in 1966, and edited the cartoon page of China Daily.
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From 1969 Bo Yang was incarcerated as a political prisoner on Green Island for nine years.
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Towards the end of his life Bo Yang stated in his memoirs that he did not have the slightest intention to insult Chiang Kai-shek with his Popeye translation.
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Bo Yang made his criticism while declining to join a political party.
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Bo Yang gained attention internationally when a volume of poetry entitled Poems of a Period was published in Hong Kong in 1986.
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Bo Yang became the founding president of the Taiwan chapter of Amnesty International.
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Bo Yang carried the honorary title of national policy advisor to the administration of President Chen Shui-bian.
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Bo Yang was awarded an honorary doctorate by the National Tainan University, to which he donated many memorabilia and some manuscripts.
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Bo Yang was married five times, and is survived by his last wife, Chang Hsiang-hua, and five children born by his former wives.