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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]

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   Ruth receiving the Booker Award. Above all, Ruth was a master story-teller. In her simple and beautiful prose, she told gripping stories of people mired in their circumstance, longing for lives other than their own.

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   When I saw the headline announcing author Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s death on April 3, 2013, at age 85, my first thought was of the slim volume by her on my bookshelf. It’s been there for years—decades, really. My grandmother gave it to me when I was a teenager.

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   Jan 3, 2019 · A posthumous new collection of selected short fiction, “At the End of the Century: The Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala,” showcases her darker cadences.

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   Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer 1927–PERSONAL: Born May 7, 1927, in Cologne, Germany; immigrated to England, 1939; naturalized British citizen, 1948; naturalized U.S. citizen, 1986; daughter of Marcus (owner of a clothing business) and Eleonora (Cohn) Prawer; married Cyrus S.H. Jhabvala (an architect), 1951; children: Renana, Ava, Firoza.

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   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.

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   Who is Ruth Prawer Jhabvala?

   • "Ruth Prawer Jhabvala: Author and screenwriter who won two Oscars and the Booker Prize". The Independent. Retrieved 6 April 2013. ^ Merchant, Ismail (9 April 2012). Merchant-Ivory: Interviews. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-61703-237-0. Retrieved 4 April 2012. ^ a b c d Jaggi, Maya (19 March 2005). "Brave new worlds". The Guardian.

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   How much does Ruth Prawer Jhabvala cost?

   • 439 pp. Counterpoint. $26. Perhaps no author has made more art of dispossession than Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

   The Unsentimental, Darkly Elegant Stories of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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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?

   • Born Ruth Prawer in prewar Germany, Jhabvala was Jewish. Her father, Marcus, was a lawyer from Poland, and her mother, Eleanor Cohn, was born in Germany. The family fled the Nazis, moving to Britain in 1939. By all accounts, little Ruth reinvented herself, devouring English novels and embracing life as a British schoolgirl.

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   When did Jhabvala die?

   • Jhabvala moved to New York City in 1975 and lived there until her death in 2013, becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1986.

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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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9. 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.