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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala CBE ( née Prawer; 7 May 1927 [1] – 3 April 2013) was a British and American novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of film director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant. [2] In 1951, she married Indian architect Cyrus Jhabvala and moved to New Delhi.
Heat and Dust (1975) is a novel by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala that won the Booker Prize in 1975. The book was also ranked by The Telegraph in 2014 as one of the 10 all-time greatest Asian novels.
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Apr 19, 2024 · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (born May 7, 1927, Cologne, Germany—died April 3, 2013, New York, New York, U.S.) was a novelist and screenwriter, well known for her witty and insightful portrayals of contemporary Indian lives and, especially, for her 46 years as a pivotal member of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory ’s filmmaking team.
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Apr 3, 2013 · April 3, 2013. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the German-born screenwriter and novelist who, as the writing member of the Merchant Ivory filmmaking team, won two Academy Awards for adaptations of...
Apr 3, 2013 · Writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, whose scripts for Howards End and A Room With A View earned her two Oscars, has died. The 85-year-old made more than 20 films with producer Ismail Merchant and...
Apr 3, 2013 · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala CBE ( née Prawer; 7 May 1927 – 3 April 2013) was a British and American novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of film director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant. Quick Facts Ruth Prawer Jhabvala CBE, Born ...
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Mar 8, 2019 · Features and reviews. The woman behind Merchant Ivory: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. On International Women's Day, we celebrate the only person ever to have won both an Oscar and the Booker Prize: Merchant Ivory's secret weapon – novelist and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. 8 March 2019. By Joseph Walsh.
