Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born British novelist and screenwriter who wrote about India with rare insider insight. Heat and Dust won the Booker Prize in 1975. She spent decades as a celebrated novelist before winning two Academy Awards for her film collaborations with Merchant Ivory.
Works
- Heat and DustNovel contrasting two women's affairs across India and England separated by time
- Esmond in IndiaNovel exploring an outsider's experience and family dynamics in colonial India
- The HouseholderStory of a couple navigating marriage and spiritual longing in India
- In Search of Love and BeautyNovel tracing three lives in search of love and identity across continents
- Shards of Memory