Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. Wikipedia
Born: November 1, 1935, Jerusalem
Died: September 25, 2003 (age 67 years), New York, NY
Influenced by: Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky, Jacques Derrida, and more
Spouse: Mariam Said (m. 1970–2003) and Maire Jaanus (m. 1962–1967)
Influenced: Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Homi K. Bhabha, Rashid Khalidi, and more
Education: Harvard University (1964), Harvard University (1960), Princeton University (1957), and more