Edward Said

Edward Wadie Said (إدوارد سعيد) (born Jerusalem, November 1, 1935 – died New York, September 24, 2003) was a well-known Palestinian-born American literary theorist, critic and outspoken Palestinian activist. According to Columbia News (Columbia University), he was "one of the most influential scholars in the world."

Life

Said was born in Jerusalem (then in the British Mandate of Palestine) to a Christian Arab family and raised in both Jerusalem and Cairo, Egypt. Until age 12, he lived between Cairo and West Jerusalem where he attended the Anglican St. Georges Academy in 1947. His family became refugees in 1948 just prior to the capture of West Jerusalem by Israeli forces.

Related Topics:
Jerusalem - British Mandate of Palestine - Christian - Arab - Cairo - Egypt - Anglican - 1947 - Refugees - 1948 - Israeli

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

At age 14, Said entered Victoria College in Cairo, and then Mount Hermon School in the United States. He received his B.A. from Princeton University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1963 and served as Professor of English and Comparative Literature for several decades. Said also taught at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Yale universities. He spoke English and French fluently, excellent colloquial and very good standard Arabic, and was literate in Spanish, German, Italian and Latin. Said was bestowed numerous honorary doctorates from universities around the world and twice received Columbia's Trilling Award and the Wellek Prize of the American Comparative Literature Association.

Related Topics:
Victoria College - Mount Hermon School - Princeton University - Harvard University - Columbia University - 1963 - Johns Hopkins - Yale - English - French - Arabic - Spanish - German - Italian - Latin - Trilling Award - Wellek Prize of the American Comparative Literature Association

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Edward Said died at the age of 67 in New York after a long battle with chronic myelogenous leukemia.

Related Topics:
New York - Chronic myelogenous leukemia

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~