Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Novelist

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Gender	Female
Death	11 years ago
Date of birth	May 7,1927
Zodiac sign	Taurus
Born	Cologne
	Germany
Date of died	April 3,2013
Died	New York
	New York
	United States
Spouse	Cyrus Jhabvala
Children	Renana Jhabvala
	Firoza Jhabvala
	Ava Jhabvala
Job	Architect
	Screenwriter
	Novelist
Education	Queen Mary University of London
	University of London
Parents	Eleanora Cohn Prawer
	Marcus Prawer
Date of Reg.	2019-02-14 19:44:33
Date of Upd.	2023-04-30 14:10:49
ID	417134

Heat and Dust
At the End of the Century: The Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Out of India
East into Upper East
Backward Place
The Householder
A Lovesong for India
My nine lives
Three continents
Esmond In India
Poet and dancer
In Search of Love and Beauty
To whom she will
The nature of passion
A New Dominion
Shards of Memory
Get Ready for Battle
Like birds, like fishes
How I became a holy mother and other stories
Travelers
Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 5: Heat and Dust
A Stronger Climate: 9 Stories
Conversations with Screenwriters
Esmond en la India
Heat and Dust, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Howards End
The Remains of the Day
A Room with a View
The Householder
Shakespeare Wallah
The Bostonians
Surviving Picasso
The Divorce
The Golden Bowl
The Europeans
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
The City of Your Final Destination
Jefferson in Paris
Bombay Talkie
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
Roseland
Jane Austen in Manhattan
The Guru
Quartet
Autobiography of a Princess
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Madame Sousatzka
The Courtesans of Bombay
Heat and Dust

Booker Prize
Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
MacArthur Fellowship
O. Henry Award
Writers Guild of America Award - Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement
London Film Critics' Circle Award for Screenwriter of the Year
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Screenplay
BAFTA Fellowship
Ian McLellan Hunter Award
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Gotham Independent Film Tribute Award
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Life story

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala CBE was a German-born 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. In 1951, she married Indian architect Cyrus Jhabvala and moved to New Delhi.