Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author and journalist. [2][3] He was the author of 18 books on faith, religion, culture, politics, and literature. He was born and educated in Britain, graduating in the 1970s from Oxford with a degree in philosophy, politics, and economics.

Jan 13, 2025 · Christopher Hitchens, British American author, critic, and bon vivant whose trenchant polemics on politics and religion positioned him at the forefront of public intellectual life in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Learn more about Hitchens’s life and career, including his notable books.

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Dec 16, 2011 · British-born author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62. He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had, at a Texas hospital.

Sep 7, 2012 · (CBS News) Christopher Hitchens, the acclaimed and often controversial author, took on many topics throughout his prolific career -- he condemned religion in his well-known tome "God is Not...

Dec 16, 2011 · Christopher Hitchens, a slashing polemicist in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell who trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother...

Dec 15, 2021 · Christopher Hitchens died on December 15, 2011, 10 years ago today. He had been a columnist for The Atlantic for more than a decade, writing exclusively about books. (His...

Dec 16, 2011 · A look at the life and career of author, commentator and polemicist Christopher Hitchens, who has died aged 62.

Despite being one of the most convincing and transformative speakers and nonfiction writers of the last century, Christopher Hitchens’ bio reads like fiction.

Dec 16, 2011 · Christopher Hitchens - essayist, drinker, smoker, atheist and freedom of speech campaigner - has died. He led a picaresque, bohemian life of intellectual enquiry, literary...