About Umberto Eco
Umberto Eco 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.
Known for:
The Name of the Rose|Foucault's Pendulum|Apocalypse Postponed|How to Write a Thesis|On Ugliness|Misreadings
Notable works:
Il nome della rosa
Awards:
The VIZE 97 Prize|Officer of the Legion of Honour|Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|honorary doctorate|Austrian State Prize for European Literature|Strega Prize|Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities|Prix Médicis étranger|honorary doctor of the University of Tartu|Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres|Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order|Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin|honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala|honorary doctorate from Brown University|honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University|Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art|Honorary doctor of the University of Liège|Cesare Pavese Prize|honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven|Bancarella Literary Prize|Q137385829|honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University|Q109986273|honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University|honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II|honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University|honorary doctorate of the University of Burgos|honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense|honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow|honorary doctor of the University of Athens|honorary doctor of Sofia University|Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires|honorary doctor of the University of Łódź|honorary doctor of Loyola University Chicago|honorary doctor of the University of Belgrade|honorary doctor of the University of Kent|honorary doctor of Rutgers University
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