Christopher Isherwood

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Anglo-American writer diarist human memoirist novelist playwright screenwriter

Christopher Isherwood was a 20th-century Anglo-American novelist and playwright best known for works like "Goodbye to Berlin," which inspired the musical "Cabaret."

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Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood 1
Isherwood 1

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instanceOf Anglo-American writer ⓘ
diarist ⓘ
human ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
basedOn Goodbye to Berlin ⓘ
surface form: The Berlin Stories
causeOfDeath prostate cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1904-08-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1986-01-04 ⓘ
educatedAt Corpus Christi College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Repton School ⓘ
familyName Christopher Isherwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Isherwood
fieldOfWork drama ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
fullName Christopher Isherwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
genre LGBT literature ⓘ
autobiographical fiction ⓘ
modernist literature ⓘ
givenName Christopher ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
laterNationality American ⓘ
memberOf Vedanta Society of Southern California ⓘ
movement modernism ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork A Single Man ⓘ
All the Conspirators ⓘ
Christopher and His Kind ⓘ
Down There on a Visit ⓘ
Goodbye to Berlin ⓘ
Lions and Shadows ⓘ
Mr Norris Changes Trains ⓘ
Prater Violet ⓘ
Goodbye to Berlin ⓘ
surface form: The Berlin Stories

The Memorial ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
translator ⓘ
partner Don Bachardy ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wyberslegh Hall, High Lane, Cheshire, England ⓘ
placeOfDeath Santa Monica, California, United States ⓘ
religion Neo-Vedanta ⓘ
surface form: Hinduism (Vedanta tradition)

Vedanta ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Berlin, Germany

Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
workInspired Cabaret (stage production) ⓘ
surface form: Cabaret

I Am a Camera ⓘ
wroteAbout Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Weimar Berlin

exile ⓘ
homosexuality ⓘ
spirituality ⓘ

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A Single Man → authorOfSourceWork → Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
W. H. Auden → coAuthor → Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
George Falconer in A Single Man → createdBy → Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
subject surface form: George Falconer
George Falconer → createdBy → Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
Christopher Isherwood → familyName → Christopher Isherwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Isherwood
Christopher Isherwood → fullName → Christopher Isherwood self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood
George Falconer in A Single Man → sourceWorkAuthor → Christopher Isherwood ⓘ
subject surface form: George Falconer