Christopher Isherwood
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Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was a British-American novelist and playwright.
He also wrote plays such as The Dog Beneath the Skin (1935), The Ascent of F6 (1936), On the Frontier (1939), The Berlin Stories (1945).
Isherwood was born on 26 August 1904 in Wyberslegh Hall, High Lane, Cheshire, England. He studied at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and King's College London.
Isherwood was partners with Heinz Neddermeyer from 1932 until 1937. He was partners with Don Bachardy from 1953 until Isherwood's death in 1986.
Isherwood died on 4 January 1986 from prostate cancer in Santa Monica, California. He was 81 years old.
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- Isherwood Exhibit at the HuntingtonArchived 2007-01-25 at the Wayback Machine
- W.I. Scobie (Spring 1974). "Christopher Isherwood, The Art of Fiction No. 49". The Paris Review. Spring 1974 (57).
- LitWeb.net: Christopher Isherwood Biography Archived 2006-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- Christopher Isherwood Foundation Archived 2015-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Christopher Isherwood Collection Archived 2012-03-01 at the Wayback Machine at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
- "Huxley on Huxley". Dir. Mary Ann Braubach. Cinedigm, 2010. DVD. Archived from the original on 2014-11-08. Retrieved 2013-08-18.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - Where Joy Resides Archived 2010-05-05 at the Wayback Machine An Isherwood Reader
- "Cabaret Berlin" Archived 2020-08-05 at the Wayback Machine Information on Christopher Isherwood and the entertainment of the Weimar era
- Christopher Isherwood on IMDb
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