Edward Said
Gender: Male
Birthday: 1935-11-01 - 2003-09-24
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
Also Known As: Edward Wadie Saïd, إدوارد وديع سعيد, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd
Biography
Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural critic, Said is best known for his book Orientalism (1978), a foundational text which critiques the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.
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Known For
1997HARDtalk
2026Edward Said: Between Worlds
1988Exiles
2005Knowledge Is the Beginning
1993Edward Said: The Idea of Empire
2006Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
1998Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
2004Edward Said: The Last Interview
2019The man who predicted the future of the Arabs
2000Aida's Brothers & Sisters
1983The Shadow of the West
1992Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said
1998Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”
Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie
2018Edward Said: Out of Place
2011Ethos
2004