death_date death_place nationality name native_name birth_date known_for spouse image article_title birth_name occupation
1919 1866 meiktila , british burma burmese james hla kyaw လ က 1866 '' maung yin maung , ma me ma '' khin htay ngwe min tha j.h.kyaw.jpg james hla kyaw
 hla kyaw novelist , lawyer , translator
james hla kyaw

james hla kyaw -lrb- 1866-1919 -rrb- , also known as u hla kyaw -lrb- -rrb- , 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 '' .
