Christopher Hitchens(1949-2011)

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Christopher Eric Hitchens (born April 13, 1949) was a British-American author, journalist, and literary critic. He was a columnist at Vanity Fair, The Atlantic, The Nation, Slate, and Free Inquiry.

Hitchens is known for his atheism and anti-theism and was a firm believer in the Enlightenment values of secularism, humanism, and reason. Hitchens became a United States citizen on his 58th birthday, April 13, 2007.

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Christopher Hitchens in Charlie Rose (1991)

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On an Electric Night

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2017

Best of Enemies

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Self - Political Essayist

2015

Weekend World

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The Trials of Henry Kissinger

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2002

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On an Electric Night
- quotation
- Short
- 2017
Christopher Hitchens' 'God Is Not Great'
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- Short
- 2009
Texas: America Supersized
- Writer
- TV Movie
- 2004
The Trials of Henry Kissinger
- book "The Trial of Henry Kissinger"
- 2002
Without Walls
- Writer
- TV Series
- 1994
Frontiers
- writer
- TV Series
- 1989

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Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- April 13, 1949
- Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK
Died
- December 15, 2011
- Houston, Texas, USA(pneumonia, a complication of esophageal cancer)
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He wrote the weekly column, "Minority Report," for "The Nation" (1981-2003); He also wrote reviews and essays for The Atlantic Magazine and as a Carte-Blanche columnist for Vanity Fair magazine.
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Babysat actress Olivia Wilde when she was a child.

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Gore Vidal decided early on to become a European cosmopolitan rather than an "all-American" writer like Norman. So he is almost Jamesian in his fascination with English social niceties.'