| Christopher Hitchens  AKA Christopher Eric Hitchens
Born: 13-Apr-1949
Birthplace: Portsmouth, England
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Journalist Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Agent provocateur Critic of Mother Teresa, claiming (rightly) that she was more interested in the glorification of God than in helping the poor; Teresa was a friend and supporter of Charles Keating, a man whose money she accepted while overlooking the fact that he obtained it by stealing from the poor. Hitchens also put Henry Kissinger on literary trial in one of his books -- "A good liar must have a good memory: Kissinger is a stupendous liar with a remarkable memory."
Once a figure of the left, on the staff of The Nation, Hitchens has departed that journal and joined Vanity Fair. His critics are unable to grasp the fact that his views actually are consistent; they merely do not fit well into the liberal/conservative labels used in American politics. His politics tend to the libertarian perspective, and he will criticize anyone, anywhere, if he feels the subject deserves it. This was never more apparent than during the media love-fest immediately following the passing of former President Ronald Reagan.
After September 11, Hitchens returned to Pakistan and Afghanistan for Vanity Fair, resulting in his article, On the Frontier of Apocalypse. John Hiler quotes Hitchens, "Osama bin Laden forgot to consult the Talmudic sub-text. Each of the 72 virgins comes with a mother-in-law. His terrorists should have read the fine print." Father: (British naval officer, WWII)
Mother: Yvonne (d. suicide, in an Athens hotel room)
Brother: Peter Jonathan Hitchens (b. 28-Oct-1951 in Malta)
Wife: Eleni Meleagrou (m. 18-Jun-1981, div., one son, one daughter)
Son: Alexander (b. 1984)
Daughter: Sophia (b. 1989)
Wife: Carol Blue (m. 1991, one daughter)
Daughter: Antonia (b. 1994)
University: Balliol College, Oxford University (1970)
Scholar: University of California at Berkeley
Slate
Harper's Washington Editor
The Spectator U.S. Correspondent
The Nation Washington Correspondent
Newsday Book Critic (1986-92)
Vanity Fair Contributing editor
Atlantic Monthly Books columnist
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Advisory Board, America at a Crossroads
Fund for Constitutional Government Board of Directors
Hoover Institution Media Fellow (2005)
National Secular Society Honorary Associate
Secular Coalition for America Advisory Board
Secular Student Alliance Academic Advisory Board
Naturalized US Citizen 2007
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Smoking, Sleep Apnea
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
The Trials of Henry Kissinger (14-Jun-2002) Himself
Author of books:
Blood, Class, and Nostalgia: Anglo-American Ironies (1990, nonfiction)
The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice (1995, biography)
No One Left to Lie To (1999, nonfiction, on the Clinton Presidency)
The Trial of Henry Kissinger (2001, nonfiction)
Letters to a Young Contrarian (2001, nonfiction)
Why Orwell Matters (2002, nonfiction)
A Long Short War: The Postponed Liberation of Iraq (2003, nonfiction)
Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays (2004, essays)
God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (2007, nonfiction)
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