Orientalism: Western Conceptions of the Orient

Edward W. Said was born in Jerusalem and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton and Harvard University. In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was university professor of English and comparative literature. He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into thirty-five languages, including Culture and Imperialism (1993); Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process; and Out of Place: A Memoir (1999). Besides his academic work, he was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and the music critic for The Nation. Professor Said lectured and was a visiting professor at universities in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. He received several awards for his memoir, Out of Place, including the 1999 New Yorker Book Award for Non-Fiction.