BIB_ID
458091
Accession number
MA 23840.1599
Creator
Kendal, Jennifer, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 29.6 x 21 cm
Notes
The award Kendal describes Jhabvala's daughter Ava accepting on Jhabvala's behalf is the 1984 BAFTA for Best Adapted Screenplay for "Heat and Dust."
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 32, Alipur Rd., Delhi 110054, India, postmarked March 27, 1984.
Aerogramme addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 32, Alipur Rd., Delhi 110054, India, postmarked March 27, 1984.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Describing how they all happily watched Ava accept the award on Jhabvala's behalf; saying she forced Ismail to take her to the ceremony, and describing how boring it was; asking, "now what is this about you & not being well?"; scolding Jhabvala for keeping her illness a secret; updating her on her own health, between the "most unendurable backache" and her condition following "radiotherapy"; gushing, "Your wonderful grandson-- you make me feel that I'd like one!"
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