Edward said biography pdf

Palestinian-American academic (1935–2003)

Edward Wadie Said^[a] (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist.^[1] As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies.^[2] 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.^[3][4][5][6] His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine, in 1935, Said was a United States citizen by way of his father, who had served in the United States Army during World War I.

After the 1948 Palest