Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:militant_group
Author Scholar literary work |
| gptkbp:almaMater |
gptkb:Columbia_University
|
| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:The_New_York_Review_of_Books
gptkb:Columbia_University gptkb:The_New_York_Times gptkb:The_American_University_in_Cairo The Nation |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:The_Edward_Said_National_Scholarship_Fund
gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters |
| gptkbp:birthDate |
1935-11-01
|
| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Zahi_Said
Najla Said Bashir_Said |
| gptkbp:contribution |
Cultural studies
Literary criticism Postcolonial theory Political activism |
| gptkbp:deathDate |
2003-09-25
|
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
"The act of writing is a political act."
"We are all the products of our history." "There is no such thing as a single, unified identity." "The only way to deal with the past is to confront it." The_Orient_was_almost_a_European_invention. |
| gptkbp:field |
Literature
Postcolonial studies Cultural criticism |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Edward Said
|
| gptkbp:influenced |
gptkb:Edward_W._Said
gptkb:Homi_K._Bhabha Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak Edward_Said's_legacy |
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:Sigmund_Freud
gptkb:Karl_Marx Antonio Gramsci |
| gptkbp:knownFor |
Critique of Western perceptions of the East
Advocacy_for_Palestinian_rights |
| gptkbp:nationality |
gptkb:Palestinian
American |
| gptkbp:notableWork |
Orientalism
The Question of Palestine Culture_and_Imperialism |
| gptkbp:occupation |
Activist
Essayist Professor |
| gptkbp:placeOfBirth |
gptkb:Jerusalem
|
| gptkbp:placeOfDeath |
gptkb:New_York_City
|
| gptkbp:spouse |
Marie-Therese_A._Said
|