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Umberto Eco OMRI (Italian: [umΛbΙrto ΛΙΛko]; 5 January 1932 β 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best known internationally 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, was a best-seller.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Umberto Eco OMRI (Italian: [umΛbΙrto ΛΙΛko]; 5 January 1932 β 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, literary critic, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best known internationally 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, was a best-seller. Eco also wrote academic texts, children's books, and essays. He was the founder of the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, 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.
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Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Men Become Brothers
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
Andate a lavorare - D.A.M.S. la nascita di un mito
as Se stesso
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
as Self
La Maison de la Radio
as Self
Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco
as Himself
Quiproquo
Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra
Life Is Bearable at Times...
A Beautiful Vacation
as Self
La rosa dei nomi
as Self
No Poster
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
as Self
La Notte
as Man at the Party (uncredited)