Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is widely known for his 1980 novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose), a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Il pendolo di Foucault (Foucault's Pendulum) and L'isola del giorno prima (The Island of the Day Before). His novel Il cimitero di Praga (The Prague Cemetery), released in 2010, topped the bestseller charts in Italy.
Eco also wrote academic texts, children's books, and essays, and edited and translated into Italian books from French, such as Raymond Queneau’s “Exercises in Style” (1983). He was the founder of the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino,[3] president of the Graduate School for the Study of the Humanities at the University of Bologna, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.
Umberto Eco
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Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist
Born | 5 January 1932 |
Died | 19 February 2016 |
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Umberto Eco
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Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist
Born | 5 January 1932 |
Died | 19 February 2016 |
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Fiction, History, Semiotics, Aesthetics, Literature, Philosophy, Romans, nouvelles, Art, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Italian fiction, Sémiotique, Translations into English, Criticism and interpretation, Ficción, Histoire, Italian literature, Italy, fiction, Middle Ages, New York Times reviewed, Political and social views, Semantics (Philosophy), Art and philosophy, Aufsatzsammlung, Civilization, ConspiraciesPlaces
Italy, Italia, Mars (Planet), Outer space, Brasil, Espacio exterior, Europe, Indonesia, Italie, La bahia, Milan, Milan (Italie), Milán, Oceania, Pacifique Sud, Prague, South Pacific Ocean, United StatesPeople
Umberto Eco, James Joyce (1882-1941), Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), De Angelis, Frederick I Holy Roman Emperor (approximately 1123-1190), Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855), Indonesia, Jacopo Belbo, Norbert Wiener (1894-1964), Norbet Wiener (1894-1964), Prester John (Legendary character), Thomas Aquinas, Saint (1225?-1274)Time
1970-, 20th century, 476-1400, Middle Ages, 600-1500, 1894-1964, 1945-, 1990-, 1990- ..., 1995-2005, 2001- ..., 2001-...., 21e s. (début), 21e siècle, 21st century, Edad Media, 600-1500, Fourth, 1202-1204, Geschichte, Siglo XX, The Middle AgesID Numbers
- OLID: OL20735A
- ISNI: 0000000122839390
- VIAF: 108299403
- Wikidata: Q12807
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q12807
Alternative names
- Умберто Эко
- Umberto Eco (Italia)
- Eco Umberto
- UMBERTO ECO
- Umberto (Italia) Eco
- Umberto (Coord.) Eco
- Eco, Umberto
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