Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. 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. His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.
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Edward Said was a prominent Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist who served as a professor at Columbia University.
He is best known for writing the influential 1978 text Orientalism, founding post-colonial studies, and participating in documentaries such as The Shadow of the West.
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