Quick Facts

• NAME: Edward Said
• OCCUPATION: Academic, Activist, Academic Author
• BIRTH DATE: November 01, 1935
• DEATH DATE: September 25, 2003
• EDUCATION: Princeton University, Harvard University
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Jerusalem, Israel
• PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York
• Full Name: Edward Wadie Said

Best Known For

Although Edward Said was a literature professor at Columbia University, he also wrote about the way we discuss the Middle East in Orientalism.