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Edward Said

1935 - 2003

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Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) 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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward Said is the 482nd most popular writer (up from 485th in 2019), the 69th most popular biography from Israel (up from 75th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Israeli Writer.

Edward is most famous for his work on the theory of relativity.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Edward Said ranks 482 out of 7,302. Before him are Karl Barth, Ken Follett, Savitribai Phule, France Prešeren, Milena Jesenská, and Vladimir Vysotsky. After him are Comte de Lautréamont, José Martí, René Guénon, Romain Gary, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Ivan Bunin.

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Among people born in 1935, Edward Said ranks 28. Before him are John Saxon, Ágota Kristóf, Erich von Däniken, David Harvey, Françoise Sagan, and Omar Sívori. After him are Fairuz, John Cazale, Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, Ei-ichi Negishi, Harvey J. Alter, and Mercedes Sosa. Among people deceased in 2003, Edward Said ranks 17. Before him are Robert K. Merton, Maurice Gibb, Ilya Prigogine, Nina Simone, Nǃxau ǂToma, and Zoran Đinđić. After him are Elia Kazan, Donald Davidson, Frederick Chapman Robbins, Bertram Brockhouse, Leopoldo Galtieri, and Gianni Agnelli.

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In Israel

Among people born in Israel, Edward Said ranks 69 out of 466. Before him are Rabbi Akiva (50), Berenice (28), Reuven Rivlin (1939), Mahmoud Darwish (1941), Manasseh of Judah (-800), and Josiah (-648). After him are Annas (-22), Nicodemus (-50), Zedekiah (-617), Jehoash of Judah (-843), Baldwin III of Jerusalem (1130), and Cyril of Jerusalem (313).

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Among WRITERS In Israel

Among writers born in Israel, Edward Said ranks 4. Before him are John the Evangelist (10), Amos Oz (1939), and Mahmoud Darwish (1941). After him are Ghassan Kanafani (1936), David Grossman (1954), A. B. Yehoshua (1936), Emile Habibi (1922), Justus of Tiberias (35), Ahron Daum (1951), May Ziade (1886), and Etgar Keret (1967).

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