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Umberto Eco
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Biography
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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 (…
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Filmography
Movies
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
All Men Become Brothers
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
as Self (archive footage)
Andate a lavorare
as Se stesso
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
as Self
La Maison de la Radio
as Self
Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco
as Himself
