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  1. 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 .

  2. When I saw the headline announcing author Ruth Prawer Jhabvalas 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. Jan 15, 2024 · Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927-2013) won an Oscar for her screenplay of A Room with a View (1985), based on E. M. Forster’s novel of 1908.

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  6. Jan 30, 2019 · The story keys into themes familiar to those whose lives are often defined by them—Indians, on the subcontinent and abroad: class friction; mother-in-law tension; a belief in supernatural forces ...

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  8. 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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