Christopher Hitchens

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author essayist human journalist literary critic polemicist political commentator public intellectual

Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and polemicist known for his sharp wit, contrarian views, and influential writings on religion, politics, and culture.

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instanceOf author ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
literary critic ⓘ
polemicist ⓘ
political commentator ⓘ
public intellectual ⓘ
awardReceived National Magazine Awards ⓘ
surface form: National Magazine Award
causeOfDeath esophageal cancer ⓘ
pneumonia ⓘ
child Alexander Hitchens ⓘ
Antonia Hitchens ⓘ
Sophia Hitchens ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1949-04-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2011-12-15 ⓘ
describedBySource known for sharp wit and contrarian views ⓘ
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Leys School ⓘ
employer New Statesman ⓘ
Slate ⓘ
The Atlantic ⓘ
The Nation (early editorial influence) ⓘ
surface form: The Nation

Vanity Fair ⓘ
familyName Christopher Hitchens self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hitchens
fieldOfWork journalism ⓘ
literature ⓘ
politics ⓘ
religion ⓘ
givenName Christopher ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement New Atheism ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableIdea advocacy of secularism ⓘ
criticism of religion ⓘ
support for the Iraq War ⓘ
notableWork Arguably ⓘ
God Is Not Great ⓘ
Hitch-22 ⓘ
Letters to a Young Contrarian ⓘ
No One Left to Lie To ⓘ
The Missionary Position ⓘ
The Trial of Henry Kissinger ⓘ
placeOfBirth Portsmouth ⓘ
placeOfDeath Houston ⓘ
politicalAlignment democratic socialism ⓘ
neoconservatism ⓘ
positionHeld columnist at Slate ⓘ
columnist at The Nation ⓘ
columnist at Vanity Fair ⓘ
religion atheism ⓘ
residence London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

Washington, D.C. ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Peter Hitchens ⓘ
spouse Carol Blue ⓘ
Eleni Meleagrou ⓘ

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Balliol College, Oxford → hasAlumnus → Christopher Hitchens ⓘ
New Statesman → hasNotableContributor → Christopher Hitchens ⓘ
P. G. Wodehouse → influenced → Christopher Hitchens ⓘ
Pelham → influenced → Christopher Hitchens ⓘ
subject surface form: Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
Richard Dawkins → influenced → Christopher Hitchens ⓘ