Umberto Eco(1932-2016)

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He is a professor of semiotics, the study of communication through signs and symbols, at the University of Bologna. Also a philiosopher, a historian, literary critic, and an aesthetician. He is an avid book collector and owns more than 30,000 volumes. The subjects of his scholarly investigations range from St. Thomas Aquinas, to James Joyce, to Superman. He lives in Milan.

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The Name of the Rose

7.7

Writer

1986

The Name of the Rose

6.9

TV Series

Writer

A grande richiesta

TV Mini Series

Writer

1981

I riassuntini

TV Series

Writer(2020)

2018

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Writer

The Name of the Rose
- from the novel by
- from his novel
- TV Series
- 2019
I riassuntini
- based on the novel by (2020)
- TV Series
- 2018
Non chiederci la parola
- text
- 2008
La abadía del crimen
- novel "Il nome della rosa" (uncredited)
- Video Game
- 1987
The Name of the Rose
- novel "Il nome della rosa"
- 1986
A grande richiesta
- screenplay
- TV Mini Series
- 1981

Actor

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Official site
- The University of Bologna Umberto Eco Homepage
Born
- January 5, 1932
- Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy
Died
- February 19, 2016
- Milan, Lombardy, Italy(cancer)
Spouse
- Renate RamgeSeptember 24, 1962 - February 19, 2016 (his death, 2 children)
Other works
Book: "Semiotica e filosofia del linguaggio", Einaudi, Turin.
Publicity listings
- 3 Interviews
- 4 Articles

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Trivia
Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 37th Venice International Film Festival in 1980.

Quotes
[When asked if he was working on another novel after the publication of Numero Zero] My books are usually written six years from one to the other. It was eight years for Foucault's Pendulum. So we will have to talk again when I am 90.