Quote by: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

I only really woke up in India. It was my first experience of plenty, strangely enough, because everything in England was rationed. I loved sweets, but you couldn't get them; then there was this marvelous mitthai - I went crazy.


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Author Bio


  • NameRuth Prawer Jhabvala
  • Descriptionauthor
  • BornMay 7, 1927
  • DiedApril 3, 2013
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionScreenwriter; Author; Novelist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; MacArthur Fellows Program; Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Writers Guild Of America Award