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.
"A compelling call for identity and justice." --Anthony Lewis
"Books such as Mr. Said's need to be written and read in the hope
that understanding will provide a better chance of survival." --The
New York Times Book Review
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