Umberto Eco
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Umberto Eco OMRI (Italian: [umหbษrto หษหko]; 5 January 1932 โ 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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- 2023 ยทAll Men Become Brothersas
- 2023 ยทUmberto Eco: A Library of the Worldas Self - Writer (archive footage)
- 2022 ยทAndate a lavorareas Se stesso
- 2014 ยทWalt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amoreas
- 2013 ยทWe Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealismas Self
- 2013 ยทLa Maison de la Radioas Self
- 2012 ยทBehind the Doors of Umberto Ecoas Himself
- 2011 ยทQuiproquoas
- 2010 ยทLife Is Bearable at Times...as
- 2006 ยทA Beautiful Vacationas Self
- 1998 ยทSabine Christiansenas Self
- 1995 ยทLo + plusas Self
- 1987 ยทLa rosa dei nomias Self
- 1986 ยทThe Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'as Self
- 1976 ยทBabauas
- 1975 ยทApostrophesas Self
- 1961 ยทLa Notteas Man at the Party (uncredited)