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Feb 20, 2016 · MILAN (AP) — Umberto Eco catapulted to global literary fame three decades ago with “The Name of the Rose,” a novel in which professorial erudition underpinned a medieval thriller that sold some 30 million copies in more than 40 languages. The Italian author and academic who became one of Italy’s best-known cultural exports and keenest ...
Umberto Eco was an Italian author, literary critic, semiotician and philosopher. He wrote novels such as The Name of the Rose, Foucault’s Pendulum, and The Prague Cemetery, as well as many essays on semiotics, literature and culture.
Feb 20, 2016 · By Jonathan Kandell. Feb. 19, 2016. Umberto Eco, an Italian scholar in the arcane field of semiotics who became the author of best-selling novels, notably the blockbuster medieval mystery “The...
Jun 29, 2023 · ‘Umberto Eco’ Review: Remembering a Literary Explorer A new documentary delves into the infectious curiosity and passions of the Italian scholar and author of “The Name of the Rose.” Share ...
Umberto Eco, (born Jan. 5, 1932, Alessandria, Italy—died Feb. 19, 2016, Milan), Italian critic and novelist. He taught in Florence, Milan, and Bologna. In The Open Work (1962), he argued for the fundamentally ambiguous nature of certain types of literature and music.
Feb 21, 2023 · Introduction. Umberto Eco (b. 1932–d. 2016) was an Italian author and theorist whose contributions to the academic and creative zeitgeists ripple into inter- and multidisciplinary fields including, but not limited to, semiotics, linguistics, communication theory, narrative theory, politics, pop culture, history, and aesthetic theory.
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May 21, 2018 · People. Literature and the Arts. Italian Literature: Biographies. Umberto Eco. Eco, Umberto. views 1,252,619 updated May 21 2018. Umberto Eco. BORN: 1932, Alessandria, Italy. NATIONALITY: Italian. GENRE: Fiction, nonfiction. MAJOR WORKS: The Name of the Rose (1980) Foucault's Pendulum (1989) The Island of the Day Before (1995) Baudolino (2000)
