Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986) was one of the most prominent English writers of his generation. Works of fiction include: All the Conspirators, The Memorial, Mr. Norris Changes Trains, and Goodbye to Berlin, on which the stage play I am a Camera and the musical Cabaret was based, He was also a respected writer on Hinduism, as well as works of nonfiction and biography.As a young man, he embraced his homosexuality, a choice that would take him to Berlin, the capital of the young Weimar Republic, known for sexual freedom and, indeed, the debauchery of a dying system on the verge of entering the Nazi period. From this experience came many of his novels, most notably Berlin Stories.
David Hockney painted Isherwood and Bachardy in 1968
At the outbreak of World War 2, Isherwood moved to the United States, where he befriended young writers like Truman Capote, Tennessee Williams and Gore Vidalโฆ
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