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[[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg |right|thumb|200px|Christopher Hitchens]]
[[Image:Hitchens,_Stanford.jpg |right|thumb|200px|Christopher Hitchens]]
'''Christopher Eric Hitchens''' (April 13, 1949 [[Portsmouth]], [[England]]) is a [[neo-conservative]] journalist, author and literary critic. Hitchens received degrees in philosophy, politics and economics from [[Oxford University|Balliol College]], [[Oxford]], in 1970. From 1971-1981, he worked in [[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. He himself is an avowed atheist.
'''Christopher Eric Hitchens''' (April 13, 1949 [[Portsmouth]], [[England]]) is a [[neo-conservative]] journalist, author and literary critic. Hitchens received degrees in philosophy, politics and economics from [[Oxford University|Balliol College]], [[Oxford]], in 1970. From 1971-1981, he worked in [[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. He himself is an avowed atheist. Hitchens has a younger brother, [[Peter Hitchens]], who is also a very prominent journalist, author and critic.
Christopher Hitchens was a member of the International Socialists and an active [[Trotskyist]] during his youth.
Christopher Hitchens was a member of the International Socialists and an active [[Trotskyist]] during his youth.
== Writings ==
==Select bibliography ==
*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)