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Christopher Isherwood

1904 - 1986

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Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was an English and American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, autobiographer, and diarist. His best-known works include Goodbye to Berlin (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel which inspired the musical Cabaret (1966); A Single Man (1964), adapted into a film directed by Tom Ford in 2009; and Christopher and His Kind (1976), a memoir which "carried him into the heart of the Gay Liberation movement". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Isherwood is the 2,071st most popular writer (down from 2,009th in 2019), the 1,821st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,534th in 2019) and the 197th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Christopher Isherwood ranks 2,071 out of 7,302. Before him are Hermann Sudermann, Gian Giorgio Trissino, Aloysius Bertrand, Carl Sandburg, Sabahattin Ali, and Salvadore Cammarano. After him are Aphrahat, Gustav Schwab, Anastasius Sinaita, Alexander Belyaev, Oscar Milosz, and Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić.

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Among people born in 1904, Christopher Isherwood ranks 98. Before him are Valery Chkalov, Margaret Bourke-White, Nikolai Berzarin, Heinrich von Brentano, Mihai Antonescu, and Heinz Jost. After him are Deng Yingchao, Achille Varzi, Edmond Hamilton, Christian-Jaque, Yevgenia Ginzburg, and Sergey Biryuzov. Among people deceased in 1986, Christopher Isherwood ranks 88. Before him are Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Grumiaux, Robert Stevenson, Henri Toivonen, Christa McAuliffe, and Bernard Malamud. After him are Alexandre Tansman, Ernst Neufert, Mart Stam, Princess Yolanda of Savoy, Moses Finley, and Judith Resnik.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Christopher Isherwood ranks 1,821 out of 8,785. Before him are Brian Clough (1935), Frederick Marryat (1792), Isabel Neville, Duchess of Clarence (1451), Dominic Purcell (1970), Donovan (1946), and Jerry Springer (1944). After him are Tony Martin (1957), Roland Joffé (1945), George Arliss (1868), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Mary Ann Bevan (1874), and Timothy Spall (1957).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Christopher Isherwood ranks 197. Before him are George Meredith (1828), Robert Chambers (1802), Philip Sidney (1554), Anne Perry (1938), George MacDonald (1824), and Frederick Marryat (1792). After him are Marjorie Boulton (1924), Kingsley Amis (1922), Arthur Young (1741), Richard Aldington (1892), Brian Aldiss (1925), and Terry Eagleton (1943).

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