Edward Said was a renowned Palestinian-American literary theorist and cultural critic who advocated for Palestinian rights and coined the term "Orientalism" to examine Eurocentric views in academia.
Horace was a Roman poet and philosopher whose works greatly influenced Western literature and culture.
Sir Philip Sidney was an influential Elizabethan poet, courtier, and soldier, renowned for his sonnet sequence Astrophil and Stella and his role in the Protestant cause.