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EDWARD WADIE SAID
( سعيد (إدوارد
“One of the most influential scholars in the World."
Jose Alberto recio Galán Sara Amaya MedranoPresentan
Said was born in Jerusalem
(then in the British Mandate of Palestine)
to a Christian Arab family and
raised in both Jerusalem and Cairo, Egypt.
Until age 12, he lived between Cairo and West
Jerusalem where he attended the Anglican St. Georges
Academy in 1947.
His family became refugees in 1948 just prior to the capture of West Jerusalem
by Zionist militias.
At At age 14age 14, Said entered , Said entered Victoria CollegeVictoria College in in Cairo.Cairo.
He studied in He studied in Princeton UniversityPrinceton University and and Harvard University. Harvard University.
He joined the faculty of He joined the faculty of Columbia Columbia UniversityUniversity in 1963 and served as in 1963 and served as Professor Professor of English and Comparative Literatureof English and Comparative Literature for for
several decades. several decades.
Said also taught at Said also taught at HarvardHarvard, , Johns Johns HopkinsHopkins, and , and Yale universitiesYale universities. .
He spoke English and
French fluently, excellent
colloquial and very good
standard Arabic, and
was literate in Spanish,
German, Italian and Latin.
.
Twice receivedColumbia's Trilling Award and the Wellek Prize of
the American Comparative Literature
Association.
Said was bestowed numerous honorary
doctorates from universities
around the world.
In Orientalism (1978), In Orientalism (1978), Said decried the "Said decried the "subtle subtle
and persistent and persistent Eurocentric prejudice Eurocentric prejudice against Arabo-Islamic against Arabo-Islamic
peoples and their peoples and their cultureculture""
Said is best known Said is best known for describing and for describing and
critiquing critiquing ""OrientalismOrientalism."."
As a As a Palestinian Palestinian activistactivist, Said , Said
promoted the cause promoted the cause of Palestinians in of Palestinians in
Israel, the Israel, the West BankWest Bank and the and the Gaza Strip.Gaza Strip.Writing in 1980, Said Writing in 1980, Said
anticipated an eventual anticipated an eventual policy of military aggression policy of military aggression by the United States toward by the United States toward the Middle East, a prediction the Middle East, a prediction some observers find evident some observers find evident
in the actions of the in the actions of the United States after the after the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
He supported the He supported the two-state solution two-state solution and voted for it in and voted for it in AlgiersAlgiers in 1988 in 1988. .
From From 19771977 until until 19911991, , Said was an independent Said was an independent
member of the member of the Palestinian National Palestinian National
CouncilCouncil who tended to who tended to stay out of stay out of factional factional
strugglesstruggles..
In In 20022002, he , he got The got The Awards Awards
“Principe de “Principe de Asturias”Asturias” with with
Daniel Daniel Baremboim. Baremboim.
In June 2002, Said, along with In June 2002, Said, along with Haidar Abdel-ShafiHaidar Abdel-Shafi, , Ibrahim Ibrahim
DakakDakak, and , and Mustafa BarghoutiMustafa Barghouti, , helped establish the helped establish the Palestinian Palestinian
National Initiative.National Initiative.
The Question of The Question of Palestine (1979), Palestine (1979), The Politics of The Politics of Dispossession (1994) Dispossession (1994) The End Of The Peace The End Of The Peace Process (2000).Process (2000).
Said's books on the Said's books on the issue of Israel and issue of Israel and Palestine include;Palestine include;
EDWARD WADIE SAID.
“OUT OF PLACE.”
Said was also a prolific Said was also a prolific journalist and his writing journalist and his writing regularly appeared in:regularly appeared in:*The Nation*The Nation
*The Guardian*The Guardian
*The London Review of Books *The London Review of Books
*Le Monde Diplomatique, *Le Monde Diplomatique,
*Counterpunch*Counterpunch
*Al Ashram*Al Ashram
*The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.*The pan-Arab daily al-Hayat.
A skilled concert A skilled concert pianist, Said also pianist, Said also contributed contributed music music
criticismcriticism to to The The NationNation for many for many
years. years.
In 1999, he jointly In 1999, he jointly founded the founded the West-East West-East Divan OrchestraDivan Orchestra with with the Argentine-Israeli the Argentine-Israeli conductor and close conductor and close
friend friend Daniel Daniel BarenboimBarenboim..
Edward Said died at the age of 67 in Edward Said died at the age of 67 in New New YorkYork after a long battle with chronic after a long battle with chronic
myelogenous leukemia.myelogenous leukemia.
His publicationsHis publications••After the Last Sky (1986) •Beginnings (1975) •Blaming the Victims (1988) [contributor and co-editor with Christopher Hitchens] •CIA et Jihad, 1950-2001: Contre l'URSS, une désastreuse alliance (2002), with John K. Cooley
•Covering Islam (1981) •Criticism in Society •Culture and Imperialism (1993) •The End Of The Peace Process (2000) •Humanism and Democratic Criticism (2005) •Edward Said: A Critical Reader
•Freud and the Non-European
•From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map (Collection of Essays) (2003)
•Jewish Religion, Jewish History (Introduction)
•Joseph Conrad and the Fiction of Autobiography (1966)
•Literature and Society (1980)
Daniel Barenboim; Edward Said Concordia 2002, músicos
“Quienes, con independencia de su
destacada proyección artística e intelectual, realizan una generosa y encomiable tarea a
favor de la convivencia y de la paz, simbolizada en la colaboración de jóvenes
músicos que, superando antagonismos históricos, fomenta el diálogo y la reflexión".
Acta del Jurado del Premio Príncipe de Asturias de la Concordia 2002
““Quién sabe hasta dónde llegaremos y Quién sabe hasta dónde llegaremos y a quiénes haremos cambiar de opinión. a quiénes haremos cambiar de opinión. La belleza de esta pregunta es que no La belleza de esta pregunta es que no se puede ni responder ni desestimar se puede ni responder ni desestimar
fácilmente. Su reconocimiento de fácilmente. Su reconocimiento de nuestros esfuerzos, no obstante, nos nuestros esfuerzos, no obstante, nos
ayuda a dar un gran paso hacia ayuda a dar un gran paso hacia adelante.”adelante.”
Edward Said, 2002 The Awards Príncipe De Asturias. (Palabras en Español Pronunciadas en el discurso del (Palabras en Español Pronunciadas en el discurso del
galardón.) galardón.)
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