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Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a British and American author, journalist, and educator. [2][3] Author of 18 books on faith, culture, politics and literature. He was born and educated in Britain, graduating in the 1970s from Oxford with a degree in philosophy, politics and economics.
Mortality is a 2012, posthumously published book by Anglo-American writer Christopher Hitchens. It comprises seven essays which first appeared in Vanity Fair concerning his struggle with esophageal cancer, with which he was diagnosed during his 2010 book tour [1] and which killed him in December 2011. [2] An eighth chapter consisting of unfinished "fragmentary jottings", a foreword by Graydon ...
Hitch-22. Hitch-22: A Memoir is a memoir written by author and journalist Christopher Hitchens. The book was published in May 2010 by Atlantic Books in the UK and June 2011 by Twelve, an imprint of Hachette Book Group USA, and was later nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award. The planned worldwide tour for the book was cut short ...
Shortly after its publication, he was diagnosed with esophageal cancer, which led to his death in December 2011. [41] Before his death, Hitchens published a collection of essays and articles in his book Arguably; [42] a short edition, Mortality, [43] was published posthumously in 2012.
Christopher Hitchens bibliography. Christopher Hitchens reading his book Hitch-22 (2010) Christopher Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was a prolific British and American author, political journalist and literary critic. His books, essays, and journalistic career spanned more than four decades. Recognized as a public intellectual ...
John Donegan/GettyChristopher Hitchens—the legendary journalist, author, and contrarian who made his name as a leftist firebrand, then became almost as well-known for his turn as a post-9/11 ...
God Is Not Great (sometimes stylized as god is not Great) [1] is a 2007 book by author and journalist Christopher Hitchens in which he makes a case against organized religion.
Prepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports is a 1998 collection of essays by the author Christopher Hitchens that first appeared in British and American publications. These include Harpers, Times Literary Supplement, The Spectator, London Review of Books, The Nation, New Statesman and Society. [ 2] The collection includes sections devoted to literary criticism, foreign ...