Edward Said

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cultural theorist human literary critic public intellectual university professor

Edward Said was a prominent Palestinian-American literary critic, cultural theorist, and public intellectual best known for his foundational work "Orientalism" and his influence on postcolonial studies.

Aliases (1)

Edward Wadie Said ×1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural theorist → human → literary critic → public intellectual → university professor →
academicDegree	Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University → Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University → Master of Arts from Harvard University →
awardReceived	Lannan Literary Award for Lifetime Achievement → Prince of Asturias Award for Concord →
causeOfDeath	leukemia →
citizenship	United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Mandatory Palestine →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1935-11-01 →
dateOfDeath	2003-09-25 →
educatedAt	Harvard University → Princeton University → Victoria College, Alexandria →
employer	Columbia University →
ethnicGroup	Palestinian →
familyName	Said →
fieldOfWork	comparative literature → cultural theory → literary criticism → postcolonial studies →
fullName	Edward Wadie Said →
genre	non-fiction →
givenName	Edward →
hasInfluenced	Aijaz Ahmad → Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak → Homi K. Bhabha → Talal Asad →
influenced	Middle Eastern studies → cultural studies → postcolonial studies → subaltern studies →
knownFor	advocacy for Palestinian rights → critique of Orientalism → foundational work in postcolonial theory →
languageOfWorkOrName	Arabic → English →
memberOf	Palestine National Council →
movement	critical theory → postcolonialism →
nationality	Palestinian-American →
notableWork	Beginnings: Intention and Method → Covering Islam → Culture and Imperialism → Orientalism → Representations of the Intellectual → The Question of Palestine →
occupation	essayist → music critic → professor → writer →
placeOfBirth	Jerusalem →
placeOfDeath	New York City →
positionHeld	Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University → University Professor at Columbia University →
religion	Anglican Christianity →
spouse	Mariam C. Said →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antonio Gramsci → Michel Foucault →	influenced
American Book Award → Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize →	notableRecipient
Orientalism →	associatedWith
Orientalism →	author
West–Eastern Divan Orchestra →	coFoundedBy
Daniel Barenboim →	foundedWith
Edward Said ("Edward Wadie Said") →	fullName
Palestinian national movement →	hasKeyFigure
Humboldt University of Berlin →	hasNotableAlumni
Columbia University →	hasNotableFaculty
Victoria College, Alexandria →	notableAlumni