This German-born writer and her family moved to England in 1939. After her 1951 marriage to architect Cyrus S.H. Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala moved to India and began publishing a series of acclaimed novels, many of which dealt with the culture clash between Indians and the British. She turned screenwriter when the director-producer duo of James Ivory and Ismail Merchant sought her permission…
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