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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 .
- 1955–2014
- 3, including Renana
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, 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 · 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,...
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 1927-2013, was an award-winning novelist and screenwriter who spent her life living in 3 continents. She was married to the renowned architect and artist Cyrus Jhabvala cshjhabvala.com and had 3 daughters.
Apr 3, 2013 · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 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.
Dec 31, 2018 · The writer Ruth Prawer Jhabvala cast her satiric gaze widely, scrutinizing everyone from Indian élites to New York émigrés, Maya Jasanoff writes.
