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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1927–2013)

Writer | Soundtrack

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She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1998 for her services to Literature. See more trivia »

Born:

Ruth Prawer
in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Died:

(age 85) in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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2009 The City of Your Final Destination (screenplay)
 
2003 Le divorce (screenplay)
 
2000 The Golden Bowl (screenplay)
 
1998 A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (screenplay)
 
1996 Surviving Picasso (screenplay)
 
1995 Jefferson in Paris (written by)
 
1993 The Remains of the Day (screenplay)
 
1992 Howards End (screenplay)
 
1990 Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (screenplay)
 
1988 Madame Sousatzka (screenplay)
 
1985 A Room with a View (screenplay)
 
1984 The Bostonians (screenplay)
 
1983 The Courtesans of Bombay (TV documentary) (a film made by)
 
1983 Heat and Dust (novel / screenplay)
 
1981 Quartet (screenplay)
 
1980 Jane Austen in Manhattan (written by)
 
1979 The Europeans (screenplay)
 
1978 Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures (TV movie) (story)
 
1977 Roseland (story and screenplay)
 
1975 Autobiography of a Princess (written by / as R. Prawer Jhabvala)
 
1975 The Place of Peace (TV movie)
 
1973 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
– William: The Life, Works and Times of William Shakespeare (1973) (teleplay)
 
1970 Bombay Talkie (screenplay / as R. Prawer Jhabvala)
 
1969 The Guru (story written for the screen by / as R. Prawer Jhabvala)
 
1965 Shakespeare-Wallah (screenplay / as R. Prawer Jhabvala / story / as R. Prawer Jhabvala)
 
1963 The Householder (dialogue / as R. Prawer Jhabvala / novel / as R. Prawer Jhabvala / screenplay / as R. Prawer Jhabvala)
 
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1969 The Guru ("Tom's Boat Song" / as R. Prawer Jhabvala)
 
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1994 Street Musicians of Bombay (documentary) (thanks - as Ruth and Cyrus Jhabvala)
 
1984 Streetwise (documentary) (thanks)
 
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2004 James Ivory (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1994 In Ismail's Custody (video documentary)
Writer
 
1993 Love and Loyalty: The Making of 'The Remains of the Day' (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1984 The Wandering Company (TV documentary)
Writer
 
1979 The South Bank Show (TV series documentary)
Herself
– Lee Remick and Joseph Heller: The Europeans (1979) … Herself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

Won the 1975 Booker Prize for her novel 'Heat and Dust'.

Alternate Names:

R. Prawer Jhabvala | Ruth and Cyrus Jhabvala
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She was awarded the C.B.E. (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in 1998 for her services to Literature. See more »

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