Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

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essayist novelist person screenwriter short story writer

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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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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Jewish ⓘ
familyName Ruth Prawer Jhabvala self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Prawer Jhabvala
fledFrom Nazi Germany ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
screenplay ⓘ
givenName Ruth ⓘ
knownFor collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movedTo India ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi

New York City ⓘ
spouse Cyrus Jhabvala ⓘ
workedOn A Room with a View ⓘ
surface form: A Room with a View (film)

Heat and Dust ⓘ
surface form: Heat and Dust (film)

Howards End ⓘ
surface form: Howards End (film)

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

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

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this entity surface form: Prawer Jhabvala
A Room with a View → screenwriter → Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ⓘ
subject surface form: A Room with a View (1985 film)
Howards End → screenwriter → Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ⓘ
The Remains of the Day → screenwriter → Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ⓘ