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   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 .

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   Apr 19, 2024 · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 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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   Learn about the life and achievements of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, a novelist and screenwriter who lived in three continents and won many awards. Explore her early years in Germany, her escape from the Nazis, her marriage to Cyrus Jhabvala, her move to India and New York, and her themes of disinheritance and identity.

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6. jwa.org › encyclopedia › articleRuth Prawer Jhabvala | Jewish Women's Archive

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   Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a novelist, short story writer, and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. Known for her nuanced depiction of exile and identity, she is the only person to have won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar.

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   Apr 3, 2013 · This morning, the writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala passed away, at the age of eighty-five. Beginning in 1957, Jhabvala published thirty-one stories in The New Yorker; her most recent story, “ The...

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2013/04/04 › moviesRuth Prawer Jhabvala, Writer, Dies at 85 - The New York Times

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   Apr 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 genteel,...

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   Who was Ruth Prawer Jhabvala?

   • This morning, the writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala passed away, at the age of eighty-five. Beginning in 1957, Jhabvala published thirty-one stories in The New Yorker; her most recent story, “ The Judge’s Will ,” was published only a few weeks ago, in the March 25th issue.

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   What awards did Ruth Prawer Jhabvala win?

   • Her awards include the Booker Prize for Heat and Dust (1975), a Guggenheim Fellowship (1976), a Neil Gunn International Fellowship (1978), and a MacArthur Fellowship (1984). To many of her readers, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is equated with the silks and spices of Heat and Dust (1975).

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   When did Ruth Prawer marry Cyrus Jhabvala?

   • The family emigrated to Britain in 1939 and attained British citizenship in 1948. After completing schooling at Hendon County School in London in 1945, Ruth Prawer attended Queen Mary College, London, where she received first a BA degree and then an MA in English literature (1951). She married Cyrus Jhabvala in 1951. The couple had three daughters.

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   Who is Ruth Prawer?

   • One of Jhabvala’s short-story collections, published in 1998, is called “East Into Upper East.” The title is a play on her own life story: starting in the seventies, she split her time between New York and New Delhi. But, in fact, that understates her geographical range. Ruth Prawer was born into a Jewish family in Cologne, Germany, in 1927.

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10. ruthprawerjhabvala.com › literary-worksLiterary Works - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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    Novels: Esmond in India, The Nature Of Passion, Get Ready for Battle, Travelers, Heat and Dust, In Search of Love and Beauty. Shards of Memory.