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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Umberto_EcoUmberto Eco - Wikipedia

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   e. Umberto Eco [a] OMRI (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval ...

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   • School: Continental philosophy

   • Alma mater: University of Turin

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Umberto-EcoUmberto Eco | Biography, Books, The Name of the Rose, & Facts

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   Apr 11, 2024 · Umberto Eco, Italian literary critic and semiotician best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, a murder mystery set in a 14th-century Italian monastery but, in essence, a questioning of ‘truth’ from theological, philosophical, scholarly, and historical perspectives. Learn more about Eco’s life and work.

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4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Name_of_the_RoseThe Name of the Rose - Wikipedia

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   The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa [il ˈnoːme della ˈrɔːza]) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco.It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory.

   • Author: Umberto Eco
   • Pages: 512

   • Publish Year: 1980
   • Publication date: 1980

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6. www.goodreads.com › author › showUmberto Eco (Author of The Name of the Rose) - Goodreads

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   • Death Date: February 19, 2016

   • Birth Date: January 5, 1932

   • The Name of the Rose.
   • Foucault’s Pendulum.
   • History of Beauty by Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen.
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7. apnews.com › general-news-arts-and-entertainmentUmberto Eco, author of 'The Name of the Rose,' dead at 84

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   Feb 20, 2016 · Umberto Eco, author of ‘The Name of the Rose,’ dead at 84. 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 ...

8. www.nytimes.com › 2016/02/20 › artsUmberto Eco, 84, Best-Selling Academic Who Navigated Two ...

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   Feb 20, 2016 · Umberto Eco was born on Jan. 5, 1932, in Alessandria, an industrial town in the Piedmont region in northwest Italy. His father, Giulio, was an accountant at a metals firm; his mother, Giovanna ...

9. www.nytimes.com › 2023/06/29 › movies‘Umberto Eco’ Review: Remembering a Literary Explorer

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   Jun 29, 2023 · “To be intellectually curious is to be alive,” Umberto Eco once said. The Italian thinker, who died in 2016, was a professor, a novelist — who wrote, most notably and at one time inescapably ...