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In 1951, she married Indian architect Cyrus Jhabvala and moved to New Delhi. She began then to elaborate her experiences in India and wrote novels and tales on Indian subjects.
Born Ruth Prawer in Cologne, Germany, on May 7, 1927; daughter of Marcus Prawer and Eleonora (Cohn) Prawer; had two brothers; Queen Mary College, M.A., 1951; married Cyrus S.H. Jhabvala, in 1951; children: three daughters, Renana Jhabvala; Firoza Jhabvala; Ava Jhabvala.
After receiving a master’s degree in English from Queen Mary College, London, she married Cyrus Jhabvala, an Indian Zoroastrian, in 1951 and moved to Delhi, India, the place she called home for the next 24 years.
He married Ruth Prawer Jhabvala in 1951. Ruth became a well-known author, winning the Booker Prize and later, 2 Oscars for her screenplays. The couple raised 3 daughters in Delhi.
Dec 31, 2018 · At a party in 1949, Ruth met Cyrus Jhabvala, an Indian Parsi architect who had come to England a few years earlier to study. Jhabvala had already bought his ticket home, but by the time he set...
Jan 30, 2019 · With Cyrus Jhabvala, she moved to Delhi in the mid-20th century at the close of the Raj—the shorthand term for British rule in India—by which time the country had become somewhat of a...
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.
