Umberto Eco
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Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday5 January 1932
Died19 February 2016 (age 84)
Place of birthAlessandria, Piemonte, Italia
Known credits24
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 (…
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
All Men Become Brothers
2023
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
2023 · Self - Writer (archive footage)
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022 · Self (archive footage)
Andate a lavorare - D.A.M.S. la nascita di un mito
2022 · Se stesso
The Name of the Rose
2019 · Novel
Why Are We Creative?
2018 · Self
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
2014
We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism
2013 · Self
La Maison de la Radio
2013 · Self
Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco
2012 · Himself
Quiproquo
2011
Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra
2010
Life Is Bearable at Times...
2010
A Beautiful Vacation
2006 · Self
Sabine Christiansen
1998 · Self
Lo + plus
1995 · Self
La rosa dei nomi
1987 · Self
The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'
1986 · Self
The Name of the Rose
1986 · Novel
Babau
1976
Apostrophes
1975 · Self
La Notte
1961 · Man at the Party (uncredited)
K.O. Club
Book
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