Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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German-born British-American author (1927-2013)

United Kingdom WritersLived 1927 to 2013 · aged 85

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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala 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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2005O. Henry Award

1998Commander of the Order of the British Empire

1993Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

1987Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

1984MacArthur Fellows Program

1983BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

1976Guggenheim Fellowship

1975Booker Prize

Writers Guild of America Award

Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

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SpouseCyrus Jhabvala

ChildRenana Jhabvala

SiblingSiegbert Salomon Prawer

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Victor BanerjeeAlso in Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (1978)

Julia PerezAlso in The City of Your Final Destination (2009)

Leigh LawsonAlso in Madame Sousatzka (1988)

Ismail MerchantAlso in The Golden Bowl (2000)

Madhur JaffreyAlso in Heat and Dust (1983)

Austin PendletonAlso in Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)

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