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BACKGROUND Germany She was born Ruth Prawer in Cologne, Germany to Marcus (who was Polish - Jewish ) and Eleanora Prawer (who was German - Jewish ); her father worked in Germany 's largest Synagogue in Cologne. The family fled the Nazis in 1939 , emigrating to Britain . England During The War she lived in Hendon in London , experienced The Blitz and began to speak English rather than German. She became a British citizen in 1948 . She received her M.A. in English literature at the University Of London in 1951 . She also married Cyrus H. Jhabvala , an ( Indian ) Parsi architect, in 1951. India The couple moved to New Delhi , India, in 1951 and they had three daughters. Jhabvala began to write novels about her new life there: ''To Whom She Will'' (1955), ''Nature of Passion'' (1956), ''Esmond in India'' (1957), ''The Householder'' (1960) and ''Get Ready for the Battle'' (1962). United States In 1975 Jhabvala moved to New York and divided her time between India and the United States. She eventually became a U.S. citizen. MERCHANT IVORY PRODUCTIONS In 1963 , she was approached by filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant to write a screenplay of her 1960 novel ''The Householder''. The film, ''The Householder'' was released by Merchant Ivory Productions in 1963 — this began a partnership with them that produced over 20 films. The next Merchant-Ivory project '' Shakespeare Wallah '' (1965), was a critical success, and it was followed by a number of other films including an adaptation of her novel '' Heat And Dust ,'' (1983), '' A Room With A View '' (1985), '' Mr. And Mrs. Bridge '' (1990), '' Howards End '' (1992) and '' The Remains Of The Day '' (1993). Of this collaboration, Ismail Merchant once commented: "IT IS a strange marriage we have at Merchant Ivory...I am an Indian Muslim, Ruth is a German Jew, and Jim is a Protestant American. Someone once described us as a three-headed god. Maybe they should have called us a three-headed monster!" {Link without Title} . OTHER WORKS Jhabvala also continued to write novels as well as screenplays: ''Like Birds, Like Fishes'' (1963), ''A Backward Place'' (1966), ''A Stronger Climate'' (1968), ''An Experience of India'' (1972), ''A New Dominion'' (1972, USA: ''Travelers''). AWARDS ''Winner'':
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