Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was a German-born British-American novelist and screenwriter best known for her long collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions and her multiple Academy Award–winning literary adaptations.

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala canonical 11
Prawer Jhabvala 1

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instanceOf essayist
novelist
person
screenwriter
short story writer
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
Booker Prize
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
MacArthur Fellowship
Neil Gunn Prize
O. Henry Award
birthName Ruth Prawer
causeOfDeath pulmonary fibrosis
citizenship United Kingdom
United States of America
collaboratedWith Ismail Merchant
James Ivory
countryOfBirth Germany
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1927-05-07
dateOfDeath 2013-04-03
educatedAt Queen Mary College, University of London
ethnicOrigin Jewish
familyName Prawer Jhabvala
fledFrom Nazi Germany
genre literary fiction
screenplay
givenName Ruth
knownFor collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions
languageOfWorkOrName English
movedTo India
United Kingdom
United States of America
movement postcolonial literature
notableWork East into Upper East
Esmond in India
Heat and Dust
How I Became a Holy Mother and Other Stories
In Search of Love and Beauty
Out of India
Shards of Memory
The Householder
numberOfChildren 3
occupation novelist
screenwriter
short story writer
translator
placeOfBirth Cologne
placeOfDeath New York City
religion Judaism
residence London
linked to: London, England

New Delhi
linked to: New Delhi, India

New York City
spouse Cyrus Jhabvala
workedOn A Room with a View (film)
linked to: A Room with a View

Heat and Dust (film)
linked to: Heat and Dust

Howards End (film)
linked to: Howards End

Jefferson in Paris
Le Divorce (film)
Mr. and Mrs. Bridge (film)
Quartet (1981 film)
Shakespeare-Wallah
The Bostonians (film)
linked to: The Bostonians

The Europeans (film)
The Householder (film)
The Remains of the Day (film)
writingFocus Indian middle-class life
cross-cultural encounters
expatriate experience

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Howards End screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
The Remains of the Day screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
A Room with a View (1985 film) screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
subject linked to: A Room with a View
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala familyName Prawer Jhabvala
linked to: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
James Ivory collaboratedWith Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
James Ivory adaptedWorkOf Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Merchant Ivory Productions keyPerson Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Merchant Ivory Productions collaboratedWith Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Merchant Ivory Productions hasScreenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Ismail Merchant businessPartner Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Tony Pierce-Roberts collaboratedWith Ruth Prawer Jhabvala