Christopher Hitchens dies

Christopher Eric Hitchens (13 April 1949 – 15 December 2011) was an English author and journalist whose books, essays, and journalistic career spanned more than four decades. He was a columnist and literary critic at The Atlantic, Vanity Fair, Slate, World Affairs, The Nation, Free Inquiry.

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«Christopher Hitchens – the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant – died today at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, just after the publication of his memoir, Hitch-22, and began chemotherapy soon after. His matchless prose has appeared in Vanity Fair since 1992, when he was named contributing editor.»

Juli Weiner

More:

http://www.dailyhitchens.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Hitchens

http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/12/In-Memoriam-Christopher-Hitchens-19492011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/16/christopher-hitchens-dies-aged-62

http://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2011-12/christopher-hitchens

http://www.stern.de/kultur/buecher/christopher-hitchens-ist-tot-am-tag-als-die-polemik-starb-1763470.html

«Seine Feinde fürchteten sie, seine Freunde knieten vor ihnen nieder: seine Sätze. Denn sie trafen. Nicht immer ins Schwarze, aber immer einen Nerv. Christopher Hitchens gehörte zu den bekanntesten und umstrittensten Kolumnisten und Kommentatoren in den USA, seit er 1981 dorthin immigrierte.»

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