Umberto Eco
Known for ActingBorn 1932-01-05 — died 2016-02-19Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia
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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 (The Prague Cemetery), released in 2010, was a best-seller.
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Eco also wrote academic texts, children's books, and essays. He was the founder of the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino, president of the Graduate School for the Study of the Humanities at the University of Bologna, member of the Accademia dei Lincei, and an honorary fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.
Known for
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · as Self (archive footage)
La Notte
1961 · as Man at the Party (uncredited)
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Beautiful Vacation
2006 · as Self
La rosa dei nomi
1987 · as Self
Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010
Why Are We Creative?
2018 · as Self
Quiproquo
2011
La Maison de la Radio
2013 · as Self
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986 · as Self
Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra
2010
All Men Become Brothers
2023
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
2023 · as Self - Writer (archive footage)
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
2014
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
2013 · as Self
Andate a lavorare
2022 · as Se stesso
Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco
2012 · as Himself