Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem
and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended
Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963,
he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University
Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in
New York City.
He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated
into 35 languages, including Orientalism (1978); The Question of
Palestine (1979); Covering Islam (1980); The World, the Text, and
the Critic (1983); Culture and Imperialism (1993); Peace and
Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace
Process (1996); and Out of Place: A Memoir (1999). Besides his
academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for Al-Hayat and
Al-Ahram; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia,
and the Middle East; and was the music critic for The Nation.
"No one stuyding the relations between the West and the
decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work." --The New York
Times Book Review
"Edward Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar,
aesthete, and political activist. . . . He challenges and
stimulates our thinking in every area." --Washington Post Book
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