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Christopher Hitchens

Type: Person

Name: Christopher Hitchens (Christopher Eric Hitchens)

Title: Author

Date of Birth: 13/04/1949

Place of Birth: Portsmouth, England

Nationality: United States

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First Reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 Documents

The art of fiction: George Orwell

The Orwell Prize was awarded this week, which gives cause to consider Orwell himself. Biographer D.J. Taylor tries to delineate the myths that have arisen around Orwell in the film above, but can provide only an impression. Lack of evidence is, of course, ... [ Published 9 hours ago by Spectator ]

Entities: George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens, Imperialism

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Afghan war book wins Orwell Prize

A book about the death of a British officer in Afghanistan, once pulped by the Ministry of Defence, has won the Orwell Prize for political writing.Dead Men Risen, written by Toby Harnden and published by Quercus, took the prize at a ceremony in Westminster ... [ Published May 23 2012 by BBC ]

Entities: Christopher Hitchens, Rupert Thorneloe, Toby Harnden, Welsh Guards, Afghanistan

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

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WATCH Christopher Hitchens' Best Quotes

Last night Christopher Hitchens was memorialised with a special award by the Orwell Prize committee.The author, speaker and journalist, famous for his strong opinions on religion, died in December 2011. His collection of essays, Arguably, was also longlisted ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Huffington Post UK ]

Entities: Christopher Hitchens, George Orwell, Stephen Fry, War On Terror, Prestonwood Baptist Church

First Reported May 24 2012 - Updated May 24 2012 - 1 Documents

Christopher Hitchens honoured with Orwell memorial

Christopher Hitchens, the writer and commentator once described as the heir to George Orwell, was given a posthumous honour at this year's Orwell Prize. Christopher Hitchens, the writer and commentator who died last year, was last night honoured with ... [ Published May 24 2012 by Telegraph ]

Entities: Christopher Hitchens, George Orwell, Miranda Carter, Baroness Helena Kennedy

First Reported May 23 2012 - Updated May 23 2012 - 1 Documents

Orwell Prize 2012: 11 Things You Didn't Know About George

Tonight the winner of The 2012 Orwell Prize will be announced in London, the culmination of a search for the best political writing of the past 12 months.Whoever is crowned will be said to have came closest to Orwell's stated aim of 'making political ... [ Published May 23 2012 by Huffington Post UK ]

Entities: George Orwell, Christopher Hitchens, Richard Lloyd Parry, Lucie Blackman, DarkMarket

First Reported May 18 2012 - Updated May 18 2012 - 1 Documents

Martin Amis

Admiration sends a portrait askew

MARTIN AMISBy Constable, $39.99RICHARD Bradford's book about Martin Amis goes wrong in most of the ways a biography can. To begin with, his attitude to his subject is too partisan. He admires Amis and wants to rescue his reputation from the bad press ... [ Published May 18 2012 by WA Today ]

Entities: Martin Amis, Christopher Hitchens, admiration

First Reported May 14 2012 - Updated May 14 2012 - 1 Documents

Christopher Hitchens

Probably the Worst Obama Book of the Year

This blog is about politics, which, according to Aristotle, a truly veteran scribe, is the result of humans being the only herd animals capable of speaking to one another. Or shouting at one another, or giving to each other the ol' bazoo, for all of that, ... [ Published May 14 2012 by Esquire ]

Entities: Ignorance, Christopher Hitchens, Aristotle

First Reported May 10 2012 - Updated May 10 2012 - 1 Documents

Book Review: ?God is not Great? by Christopher Hitchens

The body of work left behind by Christopher Hitchens, who died last year at the age of 62, is remarkable but none of it is more worthy of our respect than his “Case against Religion” “God is not Great”. It is an extraordinary book not so much for its ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Blogger News Network ]

Entities: Christopher Hitchens, Religion, Methodist, Atheism

First Reported May 04 2012 - Updated May 04 2012 - 1 Documents

Vanity Fair and Christopher Hitchens Win National Magazine Award in “Columns and Commentary”

[ Published May 04 2012 by VF Daily ]

Entities: Christopher Hitchens

First Reported May 02 2012 - Updated May 02 2012 - 1 Documents

REVIEW: Hitch 22 by Christopher Hitchens

With exams looming dangerously close – threatening our enthusiasm and sanity with every sticky-note that passes by – the last thing you might think of reading is an article on arguments, debates and language. But if you’re looking for inspiration for ... [ Published May 02 2012 by Leeds Student Online ]

Entities: Christopher Hitchens, Blake Morrison, Jeremy Paxman, esophagitis, Thomas Paine

First Reported May 01 2012 - Updated May 01 2012 - 1 Documents

ArtsBeat: PEN Festival Panel Gives Christopher Hitchens Mixed Grades

The PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature kicked off Monday night with a panel discussion about the life and work of Christopher Hitchens. Billed as a ?tribute? to the writer, the promotional materials for the event said it would engage ... [ Published May 01 2012 by New York Times ]

Entities: Christopher Hitchens, George Packer, Katha Pollitt

First Reported Apr 25 2012 - Updated Apr 25 2012 - 2 Documents

Christopher Hitchens misses out on Orwell prize shortlist

Shortlist for £3,000 prize focuses on books with 'a dark content', from Misha Glenny's Dark Market to Richard Lloyd Parry's People Who Eat DarknessThe late Christopher Hitchens has missed out on a place on the Orwell prize shortlist for his career-spanning ... [ Published Apr 25 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]

Entities: Christopher Hitchens, Richard Lloyd, Opium, Lucie Blackman

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The art of fiction: George Orwell [ Published 9 hours ago by Spectator ]
When Sacha Baron Cohen jumped the shark [ Published May 25 2012 by Washington Times ]
WATCH Christopher Hitchens' Best Quotes [ Published May 24 2012 by Huffington Post UK ]
Christopher Hitchens honoured with Orwell memorial [ Published May 24 2012 by Telegraph ]
Afghan war book wins Orwell Prize [ Published May 23 2012 by BBC ]
Orwell Prize 2012: 11 Things You Didn't Know Ab... [ Published May 23 2012 by Huffington Post UK ]
Antony Hegarty: 'We need more oestrogen-based t... [ Published May 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
The Parthenon marbles are not ours. They belong... [ Published May 20 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
Silas Weir Mitchell finds 'resonance' in Grimm ... [ Published May 18 2012 by USA Today ]
Admiration sends a portrait askew [ Published May 18 2012 by WA Today ]
BOOK REVIEW: 'Bad Religion' [ Published May 18 2012 by Washington Times ]
Probably the Worst Obama Book of the Year [ Published May 14 2012 by Esquire ]
Andy Kershaw: My trouble? I've no off switch [ Published May 12 2012 by Telegraph ]
Fifty Shades of Grey is erotic fiction for trai... [ Published May 11 2012 by First Post ]
Book Review: ?God is not Great? by Christopher ... [ Published May 10 2012 by Blogger News Network ]
Dutch Techno Maverick Legowelt Revisits Rave's ... [ Published May 09 2012 by Spin.com ]
Time wins Magazine of the Year award [ Published May 09 2012 by The Oregon Herald ]
Artist is led from the canvas to the page [ Published May 09 2012 by Golden Star ]
Matthew Perry On Funny Women [ Published May 08 2012 by Huffington Post ]
Introducing Feldspar [ Published May 07 2012 by Entertainment Focus ]
Vanity Fair and Christopher Hitchens Win Nation... [ Published May 04 2012 by VF Daily ]
Mag Madness: ASME Announces 2012 Winners [ Published May 04 2012 by FashionWeekDaily.com ]
Time Wins Magazine of the Year Award [ Published May 04 2012 by MSN Entertainment ]
REVIEW: Hitch 22 by Christopher Hitchens [ Published May 02 2012 by Leeds Student Online ]
The dirtiest book of all [ Published May 01 2012 by New Criterion ]
ArtsBeat: PEN Festival Panel Gives Christopher ... [ Published May 01 2012 by New York Times ]
Who says Chicago doesn't have funny women? [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Chicago Tribune ]
The sound and fury of book-prize brouhaha leave... [ Published Apr 26 2012 by Guardian.co.uk ]
In the News: Tolstoy vs. Dostoevsky, The Archiv... [ Published Apr 25 2012 by New Yorker ]

Blogs

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Vanity Fair and Christopher Hitchens Win Nation... [ Published May 04 2012 by VF Daily ]
Christopher Hitchens’s Memorial: Sean Penn, Mar... [ Published Apr 20 2012 by VF Daily ]
Vanity Fair to Host Christopher Hitchens Memori... [ Published Apr 19 2012 by VF Daily ]
Vanity Fair to Host Christopher Hitchens Memori... [ Published Apr 18 2012 by VF Daily ]
Today is Christopher Hitchens’s Birthday [ Published Apr 13 2012 by VF Daily ]

Audio/Video

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Blair pays tribute to Hitchens [ Published Dec 17 2011 by News On ABC - YouTube ]
Interview with Christopher Hitchens [ Published Dec 17 2011 by News On ABC - YouTube ]
Does God exist? [ Published Dec 16 2011 by CNN International - YouTube ]
Christopher Hitchens "in for a big surprise" [ Published Dec 16 2011 by CBS - YouTube ]