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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Screenwriter
6 May 1927 to 2 April 2013

A German born screenwriter, Prawer Jhabvala was BAFTA nominated four times for her work with producer Ismail Merchant and director James Ivory. She won for Heat & Dust (1983), with her other nominations coming for A Room With A View (1985), Howards End (1992) and Remains of the Day (1993).

- Read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's Guardian obituary