Christopher Hitchens
Born: April 13, 1949 – Portsmouth, England, United Kingdom
Christopher Hitchens was a British-American author, journalist, and literary critic noted for his provocative writing on politics, religion, and literature. His influential works include “God Is Not Great,” “The Missionary Position,” and “Hitch-22.” Renowned for his incisive public debates and polemics, Hitchens shaped contemporary intellectual discourse worldwide.
Biography & Author's Journey
Christopher Eric Hitchens emerged as one of the most widely recognized and controversial public intellectuals of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Born in Portsmouth, England, in 1949, Hitchens grew up in a family shaped by his father's naval career and his mother's ambition for her children to rise through education. He attended The Leys School in Cambridge and then studied philosophy, politics, and economics at Balliol College, Oxford, where he became involved with the International Socialists, foreshadowing his initial commitment to radical politics.
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"Christopher Hitchens was a famously uneven and exasperating thinker - but when he got it right, he got it right with style"
— Steve Stewart-Williams
"Christopher Hitchens exhibited a code of ethics rooted in suspicion of motives and a commitment to debate and dignity"
— ABC News
"Christopher Hitchens was a fierce critic of faith, calling it 'the surrender of the mind' and a sinister force"
— Ed the Manic Street Preacher
"Christopher Hitchens was an iconoclastic journalist remembered for his spirited battle with cancer and intellectual rigor"
— Steve Stewart-Williams
"Christopher Hitchens was a linguistic genius whose biting wit was matched by his sharp critiques of religion and politics"
— Ed the Manic Street Preacher
"Christopher Hitchens, whose abhorrence of organized religion was central to his work, remained a fierce advocate for skepticism"
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"Christopher Hitchens was known for his embrace of argument and disputation for their own sake"
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