Quote by: Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

England opened up the world of literature for me. Not really having a world of my own, I made up for my disinheritance by absorbing the world of others... I loved them: George Eliot, Thomas Hardy, Charles Dickens... I adopted them passionately.


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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