Umberto Eco

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Born: 1932-01-05
Died: 2016-02-19
From: Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia
Gender: Male
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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.

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honorary doctor of the University of Łódź

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honorary doctorate of the University of Burgos

2013
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Cesare Pavese Prize

2011
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honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II

2010
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honorary doctor of the University of Belgrade

2009
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honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University

2004
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honorary doctor of Rutgers University

2002
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Austrian State Prize for European Literature

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Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities

2000
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The VIZE 97 Prize

2000
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honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University

1997
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honorary doctor of the University of Tartu

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Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

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honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense

1990
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honorary doctor of Sofia University

1990
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honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University

1989
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Bancarella Literary Prize

Foucault's Pendulum

1989
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honorary doctorate from Brown University

1985
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honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

1985
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Prix Médicis étranger

The Name of the Rose

1982
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Strega Prize

The Name of the Rose

1981
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Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

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Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires