Christopher Isherwood (1904–1986)
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Christopher Isherwood, born in Cheshire, England, in 1904, wrote both novels and nonfiction. He was a lifelong friend of W.H. Auden and wrote several plays with him, including Dog Beneath the Skin and The Ascent of F6. He lived in Germany from 1928 until 1933 and his writings during this period toon meer described the political and social climate of pre-Hitler Germany. Isherwood immigrated to the United States in 1939 and became a U.S. citizen in 1946. He lived in California, working on film scripts and adapting plays for television. The musical Cabaret is based on several of Isherwood's stories and on his play, I Am a Camera. His other works include Mr. Norris Changes Trains, about life in Germany in the early 1930s; Down There on a Visit, an autobiographical novel; and Where Joy Resides, published after his death in 1986. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van Christopher Isherwood
The Complete Works of W.H. Auden: Plays and Other Dramatic Writings, 1928-1938 (1988) — Medewerker — 54 exemplaren
Sally Bowles 5 exemplaren
A Berlin Diary (Winter 1932-33) {short story} 2 exemplaren
A Berlin Diary (Autumn 1930) {short story} 2 exemplaren
I Am Waiting 2 exemplaren
The Landauers 2 exemplaren
On Ruegen Island {short story} 2 exemplaren
Essentials of Vedanta 2 exemplaren
Dorian Book Quarterly 2 exemplaren
Dorian Book Quarterly (Issue #12) 1 exemplaar
Passion: Men on Men {audio} — Medewerker — 1 exemplaar
Christopher Isherwood reads two lectures on the Bhagavad Gita by Swami Vivekananda [video recording] (2007) — Speaker — 1 exemplaar
Masques: Revue des Homosexualities (Issue #4) 1 exemplaar
Christopher Isherwood Collection: 3 Books 1 exemplaar
The Berlin of Sally Bowles 1 exemplaar
Hypothesis and Belief {article} 1 exemplaar
Isherwood Christopher 1 exemplaar
Interview 1 exemplaar
H. G. Wells {article} 1 exemplaar
R. L. S. {article} 1 exemplaar
Katherine Mansfield {article} 1 exemplaar
Vivekananda and Sarah Bernhardt {article} 1 exemplaar
Klaus Mann {article} 1 exemplaar
Mr. Lancaster {short story} 1 exemplaar
Người Cô Độc 1 exemplaar
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In Another Part of the Forest: An Anthology of Gay Short Fiction (1994) — Medewerker — 174 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Isherwood, Christopher
- Officiële naam
- Bradshaw-Isherwood, Christopher William
- Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
- Isherwood, Christopher
- Geboortedatum
- 1904-08-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1986-01-04
- Graflocatie
- body donated to science
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
USA (1946) - Land (voor op de kaart)
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- High Lane, Cheshire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- cancer (prostate)
- Woonplaatsen
- Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Berlin, Germany
Copenhagen, Denmark
Sintra, Portugal
New York, New York, USA - Opleiding
- University of Cambridge (Corpus Christi College)
- Beroepen
- novelist
playwright
translator - Relaties
- Bachardy, Don (partner)
Hamilton, Gerald (friend) - Organisaties
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1949)
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Robert Kirsch Award (1984)
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Discussies
Group Read, April 2020: Mr Norris Changes Trains in 1001 Books to read before you die (april 2020)
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- Werken
- 85
- Ook door
- 29
- Leden
- 13,032
- Populariteit
- #1,787
- Waardering
- 3.9
- Besprekingen
- 276
- ISBNs
- 500
- Talen
- 21
- Favoriet
- 42