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- NAME: Umberto Eco
- OCCUPATION: Literary Critic, Academic Author, Author
- BIRTH DATE: January 05, 1932 (Age: 81)
- EDUCATION: University of Turin
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Alessandria, Italy
- ZODIAC SIGN: Capricorn
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Umberto Eco is an Italian intellectual and writer known for his work in semiotics and novels such as The Name of the Rose.
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Umberto Eco’s initial studies and researches were in aesthetics and semiotics, and many of his writings in criticism, history and communication have been translated into various foreign languages. When his novel The Name of the Rose appeared in 1980, Eco became an international literary star, and he has explored the connections between fantasy and reality in other best-selling novels since.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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