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Christopher Isherwood
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English-American novelist (1904-1986)
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- Born
- 1904-08-26
- Died
- 1986-01-04
- Works
- 234
Top works
- Christopher Isherwood
- A single man
- The Nowaks
- Vedanta for the Western world
- Threepenny novel
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Film & TV
Wyberslegh Hall, High Lane, Cheshire, North West England
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an English-American novelist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Isherwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- E. M. Forster: His Longest Journey — Self (archive footage)2019
- Changing Our Minds: The Story of Dr. Evelyn Hooker — Self (archive footage)1992
- Rich and Famous — Malibu Party Guest1981
- Over There on a Visit — Self1976
- Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture — Self - Interviewee1976
- E.M. Forster 1879-19701970
- Christopher Isherwood: A Born Foreigner — Himself - Interviewee1969
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- A Stravinsky Portrait — Self1967
- Omnibus — Self1967
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Key facts
- Born
- Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood , ( 1904-08-26 ) 26 August 1904, High Lane , Cheshire , England
- Died
- 4 January 1986 (1986-01-04) (aged 81), Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom (1904–1946) , United States (1946–1986)
- Alma mater
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , King's College London
- Genre
- Modernism, realism
- Notable works
- The Berlin Stories Mr Norris Changes Trains (1935) Goodbye to Berlin (1939) A Single Man Christopher and His Kind
- Partner
- Heinz Neddermeyer (1932–1937) , Don Bachardy (1953–1986)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cheshire
- Place of death
- Santa Monica
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Notable work
- A Single Man
- Image
- Christopher Isherwood 5 Allan Warren.jpg
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- Commons category
- Christopher Isherwood
- date of birth
- 1904-08-26
- date of death
- 1986-01-04
- cause of death
- prostate cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- unmarried partner
- Don Bachardy
- P8168
- Villaescusa
- writing language
- English language
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Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Christopher Isherwood, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Christopher Isherwood (born Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood; 26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an English and American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include Goodbye to Berlin (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel which was the basis for Cabaret (1966); A Single Man (1964), adapted into a film directed by Tom Ford in 2009; and Christopher and His Kind (1976), a memoir which "carried him into the heart of the Gay Liberation movement".
Biography
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