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[[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg‎ |right|thumb|150px|Christopher Hitchens]]

'''Christopher Eric Hitchens''' was born in 1949 in Portsmouth, England, Hitchens received degrees in philosophy, politics and economics from Balliol College, Oxford, in 1970. From 1971-1981, he worked in the United Kingdom as book reviewer for the Times.  He emigrated to the United States in 1981, and has written regularly, or been a contributing editor for ''Harpers'', ''Vanity Fair'' and the ''Nation''.

'''Christopher Eric Hitchens''' (April 13, 1949 [[Portsmouth]], [[England]]) is a journalist, authotr and literaray critic. Hitchens received degrees in philosophy, politics and economics from [[Oxford University|Balliol College]], [[Oxford]], in 1970. From 1971-1981, he worked in the [[Britain]] as book reviewer for ''The Times'' newspaper.  He emigrated to the United States in 1981, and has written regularly, or been a contributing editor for ''Harpers'', ''Vanity Fair'' and the ''Nation''. He is [[Judaism|Jewish]] by matrilineal descent, although he did not discover this until he was 38 years old.

== Writings ==

== Writings ==

*Callaghan: The Road to Number Ten (Cassell, 1976)  

*Callaghan: The Road to Number Ten (Cassell, 1976)  

*Hostage to History: Cyprus From the Ottomans to Kissinger (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989)  

*Hostage to History: Cyprus From the Ottomans to Kissinger (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989)  

*For the Sake of Argument: Essays & Minority Reports (Verso, 1993)  

*For the Sake of Argument: Essays & Minority Reports (Verso, 1993)  

*No One Left to Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family (Verso, 2000)

*No One Left to Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family (Verso, 2000)