Christopher Isherwood
Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (26 August 1904 – 4 January 1986) was a multi-talented Anglo-American writer. His novels, memoirs, plays, and diaries span the 20th century, from his modernist beginnings in the late 1920s to his pathbreaking memoirs of the 1970s.
His best-known works include Christopher and His Kind (1976), a memoir that "carried him into the heart of the Gay Liberation movement," Goodbye to Berlin (1939), a semi-autobiographical novel that served as the basis for the musical Cabaret, and A Single Man (1964), which Tom Ford adapted into a film in 2009. The musical Cabaret is exceptionally successful, giving Isherwood credit as a wonderful writer who wrote the book that inspired it. The musical helped Liza Minnelli - the main actress - to win Best Actress and many other Oscars as it ran for over 3 years straight and gain mass public recognition.
Being openly gay and lived true to himself his whole life, Christopher Isherwood is for sure a gay icon by all means. However, he was also one of the first people to one-upped the government to make his same-sex relationship legal - He adopted his long-time partner, Don Bachardy in the late 1970s since Christopher wanted to legally leave Don the house they shared, and the royalties from his works. They were probably the most photographed gay couple in the world in the 1970s, despite their age gap being scandalous to some.
