Christopher Isherwood

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.

Other websites

Isherwood Exhibit at the Huntington

LitWeb.net: Christopher Isherwood Biography 
Christopher Isherwood Foundation 
 Christopher Isherwood Collection  at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Where Joy Resides  An Isherwood Reader
"Cabaret Berlin"  Information on Christopher Isherwood and the entertainment of the Weimar era

Category:1904 births
Category:1986 deaths
Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Category:American LGBT people
Category:American novelists
Category:American playwrights
Category:Cancer deaths in Los Angeles County, California
Category:Deaths from prostate cancer
Category:English LGBT people
Category:English novelists
Category:English playwrights
Category:Gay men
Category:LGBT novelists
Category:LGBT playwrights
Category:Naturalized citizens of the United States
Category:Writers from Cheshire