Edward Said

Edward W. Said was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He was known as both a scholar of modern literature and theory as well as a scholar of Middle East politics. He was also the author of more than twenty books, including the groundbreaking book Orientalism, a seminal evaluation of Western misperceptions of the East (Muslim Orient), which set the stage for post-colonial studies. Other works included the Question of Palestine, Culture and Imperialism and the Politics of Dispossession. His essays and reviews appeared in newspapers and periodicals throughout the world. Edward Said died in September 2003.