Around the Web: Remembering Christopher Hitchens

IN MEMORIAM -- December 16, 2011 at 2:49 PM EDT

Around the Web: Remembering Christopher Hitchens

Christopher Hitchens Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images.

Christopher Hitchens -- a critic, author, journalist and habitual slayer of sacred cows -- died Thursday at the age of 62 from cancer. Hitchens' polarizing presence in public debate has spurred a cascade of tributes around the web.

We selected some of the profiles, tributes to and pieces written by the prolific and controversial writer:

The New York Times: Polemicist Who Slashed All, Freely, With Wit
Hitchens' friend Christopher Buckley remembers him in the New Yorker: Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
The Guardian: Christopher Hitchens at his most polemic - in video
Esquire's Charles Pierce remembers Hitchens
NPR profiled Hitchens as he was dying of cancer: NPR: Christopher Hitchens On Suffering, Beliefs And Dying
A Washington Post profile from June 2010: An easy label for Christopher Hitchens? Careful, it could be a fighting word
In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011
Vanity Fair, for which Hitchens' wrote a variety of essays, remembers his series on cancer etiquette for the magazine. Read those essays here: Christopher Hitchens Wins National Magazine Award for Columns About Cancer
Hitchens also wrote for Slate magazine -- his editor wrote that editing his writing was the easiest job in journalism: Hitchens 'Greatest Hits' from Slate
Hitchens brought his strong convictions to Art Beat in 2009 for a debate on the Parthenon Marbles, an issue he cared deeply about. He was the author of the book, "The Parthenon Marbles: The Case for Restitution."

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*Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images.* Christopher Hitchens -- a critic, author, journalist and habitual slayer of sacred cows -- died Thursday at the age of 62 from cancer. Hitchens' polarizing presence in public debate has spurred a cascade of tributes around the web. We selected some of the profiles, tributes to and pieces written by the prolific and controversial writer: - [The New York Times: Polemicist Who Slashed All, Freely, With Wit](http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/16/arts/christopher-hitchens-is-dead-at-62-obituary.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all) - Hitchens' friend Christopher Buckley remembers him in the New Yorker: [Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011](http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/12/postscript-christopher-hitchens.html) - [The Guardian: Christopher Hitchens at his most polemic - in video](http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/16/christopher-hitchens-debate-highlights-video) - Esquire's Charles Pierce [remembers Hitchens](http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/christopher-hitchens-6618124) - NPR profiled Hitchens as he was dying of cancer: [NPR: Christopher Hitchens On Suffering, Beliefs And Dying](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130917506&ps=rs) - A Washington Post profile from June 2010: [An easy label for Christopher Hitchens? Careful, it could be a fighting word](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/02/AR2010060204649.html) - [In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 ](http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/12/In-Memoriam-Christopher-Hitchens-19492011) - Vanity Fair, for which Hitchens' wrote a variety of essays, remembers his series on cancer etiquette for the magazine. Read those essays here: [Christopher Hitchens Wins National Magazine Award for Columns About Cancer](http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2011/05/christopher-hitchens-wins-national-magazine-award-for-columns-about-cancer) - Hitchens also wrote for Slate magazine -- his editor wrote that editing his writing was the easiest job in journalism: [Hitchens 'Greatest Hits' from Slate](http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/fighting_words/2011/12/christopher_hitchens_his_greatest_slate_hits_.html) - Hitchens brought his [strong convictions to Art Beat in 2009](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/art/blog/2009/07/conversation-hitchens-cuno-debate-the-fate-of-the-parthenon-marbles.html) for a debate on the Parthenon Marbles, an issue he cared deeply about. He was the author of the book, "The Parthenon Marbles: The Case for Restitution."