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(1927-2013) Screenwriter, novelist. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala was born in Cologne, Germany, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1927

BIRTH

Ruth Prawer was born in Cologne, Germany, on May 7, 1927.

1955

LITWORK

Amrita: Or To Whom She Will
Fireside
0671679791 / 978-0671679798
Novel.

1956

LITWORK

The Nature Of Passion
Allen & Unwin
0048230278 / 978-0048230270
Novel.

1958

LITWORK

Esmond In India
Allen & Unwin
004823026X / 978-0048230263
Novel.

1975

LITWORK

Heat And Dust
John Murray Publishers Ltd.
0719534011 / 978-0719534010
Novel, winner of the Booker Prize in 1975.

1979

LITWORK

The Europeans


Screenplay, based on the novel by Henry James.

1984

LITWORK

The Bostonians


Screenplay, based on the novel by Henry James.

1985

LITWORK

Room With A View


Screenplay, winner of the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, based on the novel by E. M. Forster.

1990

LITWORK

Mr. & Mrs. Bridge


Screenplay, based on novels by Evan S. Connell.

1992

LITWORK

Howards End


Screenplay, winner of the Oscar for best adapted screenplay, based on the 1910 novel by E. M. Forster.

1993

LITWORK

The Remains Of The Day


Screenplay, based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro.

2000

LITWORK

The Golden Bowl


Screenplay, based on the novel by Henry James.

2004

LITWORK

My Nine Lives
Counterpoint
1593760280 / 978-1593760281
Novel.

2013

DEATH

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala died at her home in Manhattan, New York, on April 3, 2013.

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