Umberto Eco

Italian writer and philosopher, born January 5th, 1932, in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy, died February 19, 2016 in Milan, Lombardy, Italy. He is widely known for his 1980 novel [i]Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose)[/i], a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including [i]Il pendolo di Foucault (Foucault's Pendulum)[/i] and [i]L'isola del giorno prima (The Island of the Day Before)[/i]. His novel [i]Il cimitero di Praga (The Prague Cemetery)[/i], released in 2010, topped the bestseller charts in Italy.

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