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   Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a British and American novelist and screenwriter who won both a Booker Prize and an Oscar. She is best known for her collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions and her novels on Indian themes.

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Ruth-Prawer-JhabvalaRuth Prawer Jhabvala | Biography, Books, Novels, Oscars, Heat ...

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   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. www.ruthprawerjhabvala.com › on-being-a-novelistOn Being A Novelist - Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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   Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was writing in Germany. She learned more about writing in England and her novels are set in India and New York.

7. 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,...

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

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   An Experience of India (1971) [with the following stories: ‘Introduction: Myself in India’, ‘A Bad Woman’, ‘A Star and Two Girls’, ‘Rose Petals’, ‘A Course of English Studies’, ‘The Housewife’, ‘Suffering Women’, ‘An Experience of India’.]

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   Who was Ruth Prawer Jhabvala?

   • 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. She is survived by her 3 daughters and her close friend and screenplay collaborator, James Ivory merchantivory.com

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   When did Ruth Prawer move to India?

   • Ruth Prawer moved to India in 1951 after marrying Indian Parsi architect Cyrus Jhabvala. Her first novel, To Whom She Will, was published in 1955. It was followed by Esmond in India (1957), The Householder (1960) and Get Ready for Battle (1963). The Householder, with a screenplay by Jhabvala, was filmed in 1963 by Merchant and Ivory.

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   Who was Ruth Prawer?

   • Ruth Prawer was born on May 7, 1927, in Cologne, Germany, the daughter of Marcus Prawer, a Jewish lawyer who had immigrated there from Poland, and the former Eleanora Cohn. The family fled Hitler in 1939, when Ruth was 12. Unable to acquire visas for the United States, they settled in London instead.

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   Did Jhabvala pretend to be a housemaid?

   • In 1963, Jhabvala was approached by James Ivory and Ismail Merchant to write a screenplay for their debut The Householder, based on her 1960 novel. During their first encounter, Merchant later said Jhabvala, seeking to avoid them, pretended to be the housemaid when they visited.

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10. www.economist.com › 04 › 13Ruth Prawer Jhabvala - The Economist

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    Apr 13, 2013 · WHEN she was put on the spot, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala liked to say she came from nowhere. It was hard to prove her wrong. Her accent gave little away: central Europe, north London, Delhi and New...