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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, CBE was a German-born British and American Booker prize-winning novelist, short story writer and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter.
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German-born British-American author (1927-2013)

Born	May 7, 1927
Died	April 3, 2013

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by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1975
14 editions, 5 ebooks
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Out of India: selected stories

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1986
10 editions, 4 ebooks
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The householder.

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1960
10 editions, 2 ebooks

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A backward place

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1965
8 editions, 4 ebooks
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Esmond in India: a novel.

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1958
8 editions, 4 ebooks
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A new dominion

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1972
8 editions, 3 ebooks
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THE VINTAGE BOOK OF INDIAN WRITING 1947-1997

by Salman Rushdie, Elizabeth West, Jawaharlal Nehru, Nayantara Sahgal, Saʻādat Ḥasan Manṭo, G. V. Desani, Nirad Chandra Chaudhuri, Kamala Markandaya, Mulk Raj Anand, and 24 others
First published in 1997
8 editions, 2 ebooks
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Get ready for battle

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1962
7 editions, 3 ebooks
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Like birds, like fishes: and other stories

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1963
7 editions, 2 ebooks
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In search of love and beauty

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1983
7 editions, 3 ebooks
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Three continents

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1987
6 editions, 2 ebooks
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The nature of passion

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1956
6 editions, 2 ebooks
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A stronger climate: 9 stories

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1968
5 editions, 2 ebooks
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My nine lives: chapters of a possible past

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 2004
5 editions, 2 ebooks
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STORIES FROM THE NEW YORKER 1950 - 1960

by Frank O'Connor, Vladimir Nabokov, Daniel Fuchs, V. S. Pritchett, J. D. Salinger, Mavis Gallant, Calvin Kentfield, Natacha Stewart, Robert Henderson, and 38 others
First published in 1960
5 editions, 2 ebooks
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East into Upper East: plain tales from New York and New Delhi

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala First published in 1998
4 editions, 1 ebook
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Poet and dancer

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
First published in 1993
3 editions, 2 ebooks
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To whom she will.

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala First published in 1955
3 editions, 1 ebook
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How I became a holy mother, and other stories

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala First published in 1976
3 editions, 1 ebook
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Amrita: a novel.

by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala First published in 1955
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German-born British-American author (1927-2013)

Born	May 7, 1927
Died	April 3, 2013

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OLID: OL5199A
GoodReads: 2616
ISNI: 0000000122800357
IMDb: nm0695609
Library of Congress Names: n50038610
MusicBrainz: 2f658832-78b4-4604-8c3f-c76db2bcccd1
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV016738
VIAF: 54149447
Wikidata: Q235759
Inventaire.io: wd:Q235759

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