Umberto Eco
1932 – 2016 · b. Alessandria · d. Milan
Italy
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Biography
Umberto Eco 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 studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.
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Awards
- honorary doctor of the University of Łódź (2015)No list
- honorary doctorate of the University of Burgos (2013)No list
- Cesare Pavese Prize (2011)No list
- honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II (2010)No list
- honorary doctor of the University of Belgrade (2009)No list
- honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University (2004)No list
- honorary doctor of Rutgers University (2002)No list
- Q137385829 (2002)No list
Notable Works
- The Name of the Rose
- Foucault's Pendulum
- Apocalypse Postponed
- How to Write a Thesis
- On Ugliness
- Misreadings
Spouse
- Renate Ramge (1962–present)
Education
- University of Turin — laurea
