Mi Mi Khaing was a Burmese scholar and writer who authored numerous books and articles on life in Burma during the 20th century. She is notable as one of the first women to write in English about Burmese culture and traditions. Born of Mon

Mon people

The Mon are an ethnic group from Burma , living mostly in Mon State, Bago Division, the Irrawaddy Delta, and along the southern Thai–Burmese border. One of the earliest peoples to reside in Southeast Asia, the Mon were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Burma and Thailand...

 ancestry, Mi Mi Khaing grew up during the British colonial rule of Burma and was educated in British schools. She married Sao Saimong

Sao Saimong

Sao Sāimöng or Sao Sāimöng Mangrāi was a member of the princely family of Kengtung. He was a government minister in Burma soon after independence; he was also a scholar, historian and linguist...

, a noted scholar and a member of the royal family of Kengtung in Shan State

Shan State

Shan State is a state of Burma . Shan State borders China to the north, Laos to the east, and Thailand to the south, and five administrative divisions of Burma in the west. Largest of the 14 administrative divisions by land area, Shan State covers 155,800 km², almost a quarter of the total...

. In addition to her writing career, she also established Kambawza College in Taunggyi

Taunggyi

-Transportation:The main access to Taunggyi is by road. A railway line that passes through Taunggyi was recently built in 1995, but at the moment it offers no passenger service. Regular railway passenger service to the rest of the country is through the town of Shwenyaung, twelve miles to the...

and served as its principal.

Books

• Burmese Family (1946, 1962), Bloomington, IN, Indiana University Press, 1962.
• Cook and Entertain the Burmese Way (1978), Karoma Publishers, 1978.
• The World of Burmese Women (1984), London, Zed Press, 1984.