1927 - 2013
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (née Prawer; 7 May 1927 – 3 April 2013) was a British and American novelist and screenwriter. She is best known for her collaboration with Merchant Ivory Productions, made up of film director James Ivory and producer Ismail Merchant.In 1951, she married Indian architect Cyrus Jhabvala and moved to New Delhi. She began then to elaborate her experiences in India and wrote novels and tales on Indian subjects. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has received more than 613,008 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is the 5,044th most popular writer (down from 4,213th in 2019), the 4,366th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,652nd in 2019) and the 293rd most popular German Writer.
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Among writers, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ranks 5,044 out of 5,755. Before her are Yordan Radichkov, Michael Herr, Ralph Giordano, Cornelia Sorabji, Miron Białoszewski, and Vladimir Bogomolov. After her are Atis Kronvalds, Joseph Victor von Scheffel, Alain Decaux, Jonathan Stroud, Herberto Hélder, and Robert J. Sawyer.
1929 - 2004
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 5,038
1940 - 2016
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 5,039
1923 - 2014
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 5,040
1866 - 1954
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 5,041
1922 - 1983
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 5,042
1924 - 2003
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 5,043
1927 - 2013
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 5,044
1837 - 1875
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 5,045
1826 - 1886
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,046
1925 - 2016
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,047
1970 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,048
1930 - 2015
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 5,049
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 5,050
Among people born in 1927, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ranks 330. Before her are Peter Mark Richman, Tina Anselmi, Trude Beiser, Walter Giller, Willy De Clercq, and Gerard Cieślik. After her are Karl Stotz, Andy Stanfield, Mose Allison, József Sákovics, Barbara Rush, and Robert Alt. Among people deceased in 2013, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ranks 341. Before her are Manna Dey, Masae Kasai, Ersilio Tonini, Gerard Cieślik, Jan Zwartkruis, and Judit Temes. After her are Lucyna Winnicka, Yvonne Brill, Narendra Dabholkar, Denys de La Patellière, Alfonso Lara, and Eddi Arent.
1927 - 2021
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 324
1927 - 2016
HPI: 45.36
Rank: 325
1927 - Present
HPI: 45.27
Rank: 326
1927 - 2011
HPI: 45.11
Rank: 327
1927 - 2011
HPI: 45.09
Rank: 328
1927 - 2013
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 329
1927 - 2013
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 330
1927 - 2017
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 331
1927 - 1985
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 332
1927 - 2016
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 333
1927 - 2009
HPI: 44.68
Rank: 334
1927 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 335
1927 - 2017
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 336
1919 - 2013
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 335
1933 - 2013
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 336
1914 - 2013
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 337
1927 - 2013
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 338
1926 - 2013
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 339
1930 - 2013
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 340
1927 - 2013
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 341
1928 - 2013
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 342
1924 - 2013
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 343
1945 - 2013
HPI: 44.85
Rank: 344
1921 - 2013
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 345
1946 - 2013
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 346
1925 - 2013
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 347
Among people born in Germany, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ranks 4,366 out of 6,142. Before her are Lou Bega (1975), Shantel (1968), Ralph Giordano (1923), Wilhelm Brinkmann (1910), Wilhelm Baumann (1912), and Yıldıray Baştürk (1978). After her are W. Michael Blumenthal (1926), Karl-Friedrich Haas (1931), Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826), Wolfram Löwe (1945), Wolfgang Dremmler (1954), and Christoph Höhne (1941).
1975 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 4,360
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 4,361
1923 - 2014
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 4,362
1910 - 1991
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 4,363
1912 - 1990
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 4,364
1978 - Present
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 4,365
1927 - 2013
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 4,366
1926 - Present
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 4,367
1931 - 2021
HPI: 44.98
Rank: 4,368
1826 - 1886
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 4,369
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 4,370
1954 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 4,371
1941 - Present
HPI: 44.96
Rank: 4,372
Among writers born in Germany, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala ranks 293. Before her are August Spies (1855), Horst Faas (1933), Adolf Bartels (1862), Günther Jauch (1956), Ulrich Plenzdorf (1934), and Ralph Giordano (1923). After her are Joseph Victor von Scheffel (1826), Wilhelm Geiger (1856), Elisabeth Langgässer (1899), Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), and Nathan Zach (1930).
1855 - 1887
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 287
1933 - 2012
HPI: 45.31
Rank: 288
1862 - 1945
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 289
1956 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 290
1934 - 2007
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 291
1923 - 2014
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 292
1927 - 2013
HPI: 44.99
Rank: 293
1826 - 1886
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 294
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 295
1899 - 1950
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 296
1855 - 1920
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 297
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 298
1930 - 2020
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 299