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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
German-born british-american author (1927-2013).
Born May 7th, 1927 in Cologne. [ref]
Died April 3rd, 2013 at 85 years old in Manhattan (lung disease). [ref]
Occupations
novelist, screenwriter, writer
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Life is like a very short visit to a toy shop between birth and death. Desmond Morris