Christopher Hitchens
Author, journalist and critic
Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) was a British-American journalist and author who wrote about religion, politics and literature. He was a leading voice of New Atheism.
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Born 1949 in Portsmouth, United Kingdom Died 2011
Influenced by Thomas Paine, Noam Chomsky
About Christopher Hitchens
Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, England, and graduated from the University of Oxford in 1970 with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics. In the early 1980s he moved to the United States, where he wrote for The Nation and Vanity Fair. He also contributed to The Atlantic and Slate. He wrote 18 books. God Is Not Great (2007) made the case against organized religion and became a bestseller. The Missionary Position is his critical biography of Mother Teresa, and The Trial of Henry Kissinger turns the same scrutiny on the American diplomat. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in 2010 and died in December 2011, aged 62.