christopher isherwood

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Definition of christopher isherwood in English English dictionary

orig. Christopher William Bradshaw born Aug. 26, 1904, High Lane, Cheshire, Eng. died Jan. 4, 1986, Santa Monica, Calif., U.S. British-born U.S. writer. Educated at Cambridge University, he became close friends with W.H. Auden, with whom he traveled and collaborated on three verse dramas, including The Ascent of F6 (1936). He lived in Berlin from 1929 to 1933; his two novels about this period, later published together as The Berlin Stories (1946), inspired the play I Am a Camera (1951; film, 1955) and the musical Cabaret (1966; film, 1972). A pacifist, he moved to southern California at the beginning of World War II, where he taught and wrote screenplays. His later fiction and memoirs reflect his homosexuality. A follower of Swami Prabhavananda, he wrote and translated works on Indian Vedanta

Hyphenation

Chris·to·pher Ish·er·wood

Turkish pronunciation

krîstıfır îşırwûd

Pronunciation

/ˈkrəstəfər ˈəsʜərˌwo͝od/ /ˈkrɪstəfɜr ˈɪʃɜrˌwʊd/