James Hla Kyaw
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1866 – 1919
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Who was James Hla Kyaw?
James Hla Kyaw, also known as U Hla Kyaw, was a pioneer Burmese novelist and author of the first Burmese novel titled Maung Yin Maung, Ma Me Ma. Burmese novels had existed before but they were written in verse not in prose from. Most of these novels were based on Buddhism, myth and legend and history of Burma; therefore there were no novels that were based on everyday lives like Maung Yin Maung, Ma Me Ma.
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