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And when I was young, my family was perfectly nice. I write a lot about it, as you noticed. But it was rather limited. I think, I don't think anyone in my family would really feel I'd done them an injustice by saying that. We didn't see many people. There were many books. It was as if I wanted to get away from home.
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Birth: | 13th April, 1949 |
Death: | 15th December, 2011 |
Nationality: | American, British |
Profession: | Author, Critic, Essayist, Journalist, Screenwriter |
Christopher Eric Hitchens was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. He was a british- American author, essayist, literary critic, screenwriter and journalist. He contributed to New Statesman, The Nation, The Atlantic, London Review of Books, The Times Literary Supplement, Slate and Vanity Fair. Hitchens was the author, co-author, editor and co-editor of over thirty books, including five collections of essays, on a range of subjects, including politics, literature and religion.
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