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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 [[Atheism|atheist]]. Hitchens has a younger brother, [[Peter Hitchens]], who is also a very prominent journalist, author and critic.

'''Christopher Eric Hitchens''' (born April 13, 1949, in [[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 ''Harper's'', ''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 [[Atheism|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.   

==Select bibliography ==

==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)  

*Imperial Spoils: The Case of the Parthenon Marbles (Hill and Wang, 1989)  

*''Imperial Spoils: The Case of the Parthenon Marbles'' (Hill and Wang, 1989)  

*Blood, Class and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1990)   

*''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)   

*''The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice'' (Verso, 1995)

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

*''Prepared for the Worst'' (Hill and Wang, 1989)   

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

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

*God Is Not Great: The Case Against Religion (Atlantic, 2007)

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

*''God Is Not Great: The Case Against Religion'' (Atlantic, 2007)

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