Umberto Eco
Born: 1932-01-05 in Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia
Died: 2016-02-19
Known For: Acting
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'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.
Filmography
2023
- Umberto Eco: A Library of the World as Self - Writer (archive footage)
- All Men Become Brothers
2022
- Andate a lavorare as Se stesso
2019
- The Name of the Rose ... (Novel)
2018
- Why Are We Creative? as Self
2013
- La Maison de la Radio as Self
- We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism as Self
2012
- Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco as Himself
2011
2006
- A Beautiful Vacation as Self
1998
- Sabine Christiansen as Self
1995
- Lo + plus as Self
1987
- La rosa dei nomi as Self
1986
- The Name of the Rose ... (Novel)
- The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' as Self
1976
1975
- Apostrophes as Self
1961
- La Notte as Man at the Party (uncredited)