biography
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Jhabvala, Ruth
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née Prawer
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pronunciation:
[jabvahla]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1927– )
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| biography:
| Writer, born in Cologne, W Germany, of Polish parents. Her parents emigrated to Britain in 1939. She studied at London University, married a visiting Indian architect, and lived in Delhi (1951–75). Most of her fiction relates to India, taking the viewpoint of an outsider looking in. Significant novels include To Whom She Will (1955), The Householder (1960), and Heat and Dust (1975, Booker). Later novels include Poet and Dancer (1993) and Shards of Memory (1995), and in 2000 appeared Out of India: Selected Stories. In association with the film makers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant, she has written several accomplished screenplays, among them Shakespeare Wallah (1965, with James Ivory) and A Room with a View (1986, Oscar). |
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