Umberto Eco
Known for
Acting
Born
January 5, 1932
Birthplace
Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia
Died
February 19, 2016 (aged 84)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 (The Prague Cemetery), released in 2010, was a best-seller.
Eco also wrote academic texts, children'...
Best known work
The Name of the Rose
1986
La Notte
1961
The Name of the Rose
2019
La Maison de la Radio
2013
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
2023
Why Are We Creative?
2018
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
2014
La rosa dei nomi
1987
Apostrophes
1975Filmography
TBA
K.O. ClubBook
2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturasas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
2023
Umberto Eco: A Library of the Worldas Self - Writer (archive footage)
2022
An Oral History of: The Name of the Roseas Self (archive footage)
2022
Andate a lavorareas Se stesso
2019
2018
Why Are We Creative?as Self
2014
2013
2013
La Maison de la Radioas Self
2012
Behind the Doors of Umberto Ecoas Himself
2011
2010
2010
2006
A Beautiful Vacationas Self
1998
1995
1987
La rosa dei nomias Self
1986
1986
The Name of the RoseNovel
1976
BabauTV1975
1961
La Notteas Man at the Party (uncredited)