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'''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''' 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''. | ||
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Revision as of 09:49, June 13, 2007
--Sysop-TK /MyTalk 05:49, 13 June 2007 (EDT)
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.
Writings
- Callaghan: The Road to Number Ten (Cassell, 1976)
- Hostage to History: Cyprus From the Ottomans to Kissinger (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1989)
- Imperial Spoils: The Case of the Parthenon Marbles (Hill and Wang, 1989)
- Blood, Class and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990)
- The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice (Verso, 1995) as well as two collections including many Nation essays: *Prepared for the Worst (Hill and Wang, 1989)
- For the Sake of Argument: Essays & Minority Reports (Verso, 1993)
- No One Left to Lie To: The Values of the Worst Family (Verso, 2000)