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Umberto Eco OMRI (Italian: [umˈbɛrto ˈɛːko]; 5 January 1932 – 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.
Born
Tuesday, 05 January 1932
Died
Friday, 19 February 2016
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Umberto Eco: A Library of the World | Self | 2023 |
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore | Self | 2014 |
The Neorealism: We Were Not Just Bicycles Thieves | Self - Interviewed / Self | 2013 |
La Maison de la radio | Self | 2013 |
Girlfriend in a Coma | Self | 2012 |
Brows Held High | Self | 2011 |
Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra | Self | 2010 |
La grande librairie | Himself / Self | 2008 |
Salvados | Self | 2008 |
The Hour | Self | 2005 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Umberto Eco: A Library of the World | Self | 2023 |
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore | Self | 2014 |
The Neorealism: We Were Not Just Bicycles Thieves | Self - Interviewed / Self | 2013 |
La Maison de la radio | Self | 2013 |
Girlfriend in a Coma | Self | 2012 |
Brows Held High | Self | 2011 |
Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra | Self | 2010 |
La grande librairie | Himself / Self | 2008 |
Salvados | Self | 2008 |
The Hour | Self | 2005 |
Sabine Christiansen | Self | 1998 |
La rosa dei nomi | Self | 1987 |
Book Four | Self - Interviewee | 1982 |
La Notte | Man at the Party | 1961 |
Festival di Sanremo | Self / Radio host | 1951 |