Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw
Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw (1904–86) English writer. His novels, characteristically dealing with the sensibility of the homosexual artist, include
All the Conspirators (1928) and
Mr Norris Changes Trains (1935), set in pre-war Germany. The musical
Cabaret (1966) was based on a short story from
Goodbye to Berlin (1939). He collaborated on three plays with W. H.
Auden, including
The Ascent of F6 (1936). He emigrated to the USA in 1939, and became interested in Hinduism.
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Christopher Isherwood: A Friend of Great Rarity
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 2/14/1988; ; 700+ words
; CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD A Personal Memoir By John Lehmann Henry Holt. 150 pp. $16.95 CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD: A Personal Memoir is a photo album...Lehmann the camera recording Christopher Isherwood, the original camera. Lehmann adds...
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Time Regained.(Christopher Isherwood memoir)(Review)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...1945-1951 by Christopher Isherwood HarperCollins...hurt and annoyed Christopher a good deal...reliable records. Isherwood admits that he...to write about Christopher's social life...attached to them." Isherwood's disinclination...
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The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 9/12/2000; ; 700+ words
; The Isherwood Century: Essays on the Life and Work of Christopher Isherwood Edited with an introduction by James J. Berg and...previously unpublished memoir, everything's coming up Isherwood Perhaps the most telling anecdote about Christopher...
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BIOGRAPHY; Amused and amazed; The first full-length Christopher Isherwood biography captures the British-American writer's rich life in glorious, unblinking detail, debunking a few myths along the way.(ENTERTAINMENT)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/12/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...Peck; Staff Writer Christopher Isherwood, whose colorful...Peter Parker's "Isherwood: A Life Revealed...World War I, when Christopher was 11. Devastated...which was often. Isherwood made it to Cambridge...
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Hedonism bound: Isherwood in Berlin.(ESSAY)(Christopher Isherwood)(Essay)
Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; IN MAY OF 1928, Christopher Isherwood made his first trip to Germany...out of the 1930's. To many, Isherwood is known primarily as the author...the musical and film Cabaret. For Isherwood himself, however, the trip to...
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Books: The hippie Edwardian Christopher Isherwood led a life of contrasts: he chronicled Thirties Berlin, fell under the spell of a swami and eventually became `the gay movement's favourite uncle'. Paul Willetts assesses a magisterial new biography
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 5/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...abrupt dip in literary prestige. Christopher Isherwood's stock was, however, declining...cancer just over 18 years ago, Isherwood was less prominent as a writer...Parker's mammoth biography, Isherwood (Picador pounds 25), seeks...
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Hello to Berlin, boys and books Jonathan Bate looks at Christopher Isherwood's split career as celebrated novelist and writer of New Age and gay manifestos Isherwood: A Life by Peter Parker Picador, pounds 25, 914 pp pounds 23 ( pounds 2.25 p&p) 0870 155 7222
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 5/16/2004; ; 700+ words
; CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD was in the right places at the right...name Christopher William Bradshaw-Isherwood. Peter Parker's definitive new biography...is especially good on the world of Isherwood's childhood: "While it was perfectly...
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Author Christopher Isherwood; writings inspired film `Cabaret'
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/6/1986; 700+ words
; SANTA MONICA, Calif. Christopher Isherwood, whose tales of pre-World War...has died of cancer at 81. Mr. Isherwood, who was working on an untitled...Somerset Maugham once said of Mr. Isherwood. Virginia Woolf called him...
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Everywhere man: sexually, spiritually, and politically, Christopher Isherwood lived his life to the limits--a gay hero for our time.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 12/21/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...perfect man for the job: With Isherwood, if you've got the boyfriends...years ago this past August, Christopher Isherwood made his fame with his tales...Cabaret were just one small part of Isherwood's journey. The pre-Berlin...
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Profile: Writer Christopher Isherwood
Transcript from: NPR Special; 8/25/2004; ; 641 words
; ...25-2004 Profile: Writer Christopher Isherwood Host: ALEX CHADWICK Time: 4...birth of the writer Christopher Isherwood. Born in England, he lived...tempted to write off Christopher Isherwood as anything but intensely relevant...
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Christopher Isherwood
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Christopher Isherwood Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was a British-born American writer who worked...1930s. The son of a career military officer, Christopher Isherwood was born in High Lane, Cheshire, England, on August 26...
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Isherwood, Christopher (William Bradshaw)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
Isherwood, Christopher (William Bradshaw) (1904–...stage musical in 1968 as Cabaret . Isherwood travelled widely in Europe after leaving...1962) and A Single Man (1964); Christopher and His Kind (1977) is a frank account...
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Isherwood, Christopher
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Isherwood, Christopher (1904–86),English...dramatized (1951) by John Van Druten. Isherwood came to the U.S. (1939), settled...parents and their influence on him; Christopher and His Kind (1976), about his...
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Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw (1904–86) English writer. His novels, characteristically dealing with the sensibility of the homosexual...
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Upward, Edward (Falaise)
Book article from: Contemporary Novelists
...The Mortmere Stories (with Christopher Isherwood). London, Enitharmon Press...Editions, 1994. Christopher Isherwood: Notes in Remembrance of a Friendship...age and younger. Christopher Isherwood told in Lions and Shadows how...
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