Christopher Isherwood
Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood was an English-born American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and diarist, best known for his vivid portrayals of 1930s Berlin, which inspired the musical Cabaret.
After being dismissed from Cambridge, he moved to Berlin, exploring his homosexuality and gathering material for his most celebrated early works.
He later settled in Hollywood, becoming a devoted follower of Vedanta Hinduism.
His enduring relationship with Don Bachardy, beginning in 1953, grounded his later life.
A turbulent period in that relationship inspired his masterpiece, A Single Man (1964), and he subsequently shifted toward autobiography, becoming a celebrated figure of gay liberation.
