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Umberto Eco

Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932–2016)

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Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was a male semiotician, philosopher, and novelist. He wrote under the pseudonym Dedalus. His professional activity spanned from 1956 to 2012.

Eco worked in the fields of semiotics, literature, linguistics, and semiotique. He held nationalities associated with IT, ITA, and EE. He wrote in Italian, French, and English.

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Lifespan: 1932–2016
Nationality: IT, ITA, EE
Role / Field: Semioticians, Semiotician, Philosopher, Novelists, Filosofos, Semiotics
Language: ita, fre, eng
Gender: Male

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Instance of: human
Given name: Umberto
Gender: male
Citizenship: Kingdom of Italy
Place of birth: Alessandria
Place of death: Milan
Occupation: historian
Educated at: University of Turin
Employer: Collège de France
Languages spoken: Latin
Native language: Italian
Religion: atheism
Notable work: On Ugliness
Academic degree: Doctor of Sciences
Field of work: literary criticism
Genre: essay
Official website: umbertoeco.it
Image: Italiaanse schrijver Umberto Eco , kop, Bestanddeelnr 932-9758.jpg
Work location: Bologna
Residence: Urbino

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Commons category: Umberto Eco
date of birth: 1932-01-05
member of: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
name in native language: Umberto Eco
Commons gallery: Umberto Eco
date of death: 2016-02-19
topic's main category: Category:Umberto Eco
influenced by: Immanuel Kant
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: pancreatic cancer
pseudonym: Dedalus
list of works: Umberto Eco bibliography
topic has template: Template:Umberto Eco
writing language: Italian
start of work period: 1956-01-01
end of work period: 2012-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview

Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) 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.

Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life, with his output including children's books, translations from French and English, in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column "La Bustina di Minerva" (Minerva's Matchbook) in the magazine L'Espresso beginning in 1985, with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco Hayez) appearing 27 January 2016. At the time of his death, he was an Emeritus professor at the University of Bologna, where he taught for much of his life. In the 21st century, he has continued to gain recognition for his 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism", where Eco lists fourteen general properties he believes comprise fascist ideologies.

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