Edward Said

Edward Said

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1935-11-01
Deathday: 2003-09-25 (67 years old)

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Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian American academic, literary critic and political activist. A professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of postcolonial studies. Born in Mandatory Palestine, he was a citizen of the United States by way of his father, a U.S. Army veteran.

Educated in the Western canon at British and American schools, Said applied his education and bi-cultural perspective to illuminating the gaps of cultural and political understanding between the Western world and the Eastern world, especially about the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in the Middle East; his principal influences were Antonio Gramsci, Frantz Fanon, Aimé Césaire, Michel Foucault, and Theodor Adorno.As a cultural critic, Said is known for the book Orientalism (1978), a critique of the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. Said's model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies—how academics examine, describe, and define the cultures being studied. As a foundational text, Orientalism was controversial among scholars of Oriental studies, philosophy, and literature.As a public intellectual, Said was a controversial member of the Palestinian National Council due to his public criticism of Israel and of the Arab countries, especially the political and cultural policies of Islamic regimes who acted against the national interests of their peoples. Said advocated the establishment of a Palestinian state to ensure equal political and human rights for the Palestinians in Israel, including the right of return to the homeland. He defined his oppositional relation with the status quo as the remit of the public intellectual who has "to sift, to judge, to criticize, to choose, so that choice and agency return to the individual" man and woman.

In 1999, with conductor Daniel Barenboim, Said co-founded the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra, based in Seville. Said was also an accomplished pianist, and, with Barenboim, co-authored the book Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society (2002), a compilation of their conversations and public discussions about music held at New York's Carnegie Hall.

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Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1935-11-01

Deathday
2003-09-25 (67 years old)

Birth Place
Jerusalem, Israel

Children
Najla Said

Siblings
Rosemarie Said Zahlan, Jean Said Makdisi

Relatives
Khalil Beidas

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Edward Wadie Saïd, إدوارد وديع سعيد, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd

Awards
Messenger Lectures, Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, International Nonino Prize, Princess of Asturias Award for Concord, Guggenheim Fellowship, American Book Awards


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