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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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   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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   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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   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. “This is quite amusing, Yvette,” she said in her refined Viennese accent.

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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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   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 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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   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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8. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2019/01/07Ruth Prawer Jhabvala and the Art of Ambivalence

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   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.