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Christopher Hitchens

CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS was born in 1949 in England and was a graduate of Balliol College at Oxford University. He was the father of three children and the author of more than twenty books and pamphlets, including collections of essays, criticism, and reportage. His book, god Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award and an international bestseller. His bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography. A visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School in New York City, he was also the I.F. Stone professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He was a columnist, literary critic, and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, Slate, Times Literary Supplement, The Nation, New Statesman, World Affairs, Free Inquiry, among other publications. Christopher Hitchens died in December 2011 at the age of 62.
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Born 13 April 1949
Died 15 December 2011

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Born 13 April 1949
Died 15 December 2011

Subjects

History, Biography, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Politics and government, Elgin marbles, American Authors, Authors, biography, British influences, Civilization, Foreign relations, Histoire, Immigrants, united states, Influence, Intellectuals, Journalists, biography, Nonfiction, Parthenon (Athens, Greece), Political activists, Political science, Politics and culture, Presidents, Relations, Territorial expansion, World politics

Places

United States, Great Britain, Cyprus, Greece, États-Unis, Athens, Calcutta, England, English-speaking countries, Etats-Unis, India, Iraq, USA, Zimbabwe, Zypern

People

Christopher Hitchens, George Orwell (1903-1950), Henry Kissinger, Henry Kissinger (1923-), Alexander II of Russia, Bill Clinton (1946-), Charles Dickens (1812-1870), Douglas Wilson (1953-), Gertrude Bell, Henry A. Kissinger (1923-), Henry Alfred Kissinger (1923-), Hillary Rodham Clinton, Idi Amin, Konrad Adenauer, Teresa Mother (1910-), Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), Thomas Paine (1737-1809)

Time

20th century, 1960-, 1969-1974, 19th century, Cyprus crisis, 1974-, 1945-, 1945-1989, 1974-1977, 1981-1989, 1993-, 1993-2001, 2001-, 2001-2009, 20e siècle, Cyprus Crisis, 1974-

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September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
February 5, 2015 Edited by Ludovicus Changed: author photo, bio
February 5, 2015 Edited by Ludovicus Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import