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Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

Italian writer


Dead at 84 years
Birthday
Tuesday
He is born 92 years, 2 months and 24 days ago
Death date
Friday

He is dead since 8 years, 1 month and 10 days

Cause of death: pancreatic cancer

Birthplace
Alexandrie, Italy
Nationality: italian Italie
Categorie
Writers
Birth sign: Capricorn
Chinese birth sign: Goat

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.

Source : Wikipedia