Umberto Eco was an Italian author, born in the city of Alessandria in Piedmont, Northern Italy, on January 5, 1932. He is renowned for his works in philosophy, literature, and semiotics. Eco completed his high school education in his hometown before moving on to the University of Turin where he earned a degree in philosophy. His academic pursuits extended to the University of Bologna where he served as a professor of semiotics.
Eco's literary career is marked by his exceptional ability to blend an array of allusions, symbols, and language in his fiction, non-fiction, academic texts, and children's books. His works are celebrated for their intellectual depth, humor, and irony. His perceptive essays on modern culture have earned him a reputation as one of the foremost thinkers in academia. Eco's most notable novels include "The Name of The Rose," "Foucault's Pendulum," "The Island of The Day Before," and "Baudolino." His collections of essays, such as "Five Moral Pieces," "Kant and the Platypus," "Serendipities," "Travels In Hyperreality," and "How To Travel With a Salmon and Other Essays," have also received critical acclaim.
In 1962, Eco married Renate Ramge, a German art teacher, and together they had a son and a daughter. Eco's works have been translated into numerous languages, and his influence on literature, semiotics, and philosophy continues to be felt globally. He has received numerous awards and accolades, including the Strega Prize, Italy's most prestigious literary award. Eco's contributions to academia and literature have solidified his place as one of the most important and influential thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Save the Story Books
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The Story of Don Juan
2010
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The Story of the Betrothed
2010
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The Story of Cyrano de Bergerac
2010
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The Story of Gulliver
2011
The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures Books
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Space, Time and Architecture: The Growth of a New Tradition
1941
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Sincerity and Authenticity
1972
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The Secular Scripture: A Study of the Structure of Romance
1973
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Six Walks in the Fictional Woods
1994
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The Romantic Generation
1995
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Lessons of the Masters
2003
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The Origin of Others
2016
Standalone Novels
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The Name of the Rose
1983
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Foucault's Pendulum
1988
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The Island of the Day Before
1994
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Baudolino
2000
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The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
2004
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The Prague Cemetery
2010
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Numero Zero
2015
Chapbooks
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The Three Astronauts
1966
Collections
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Misreadings
1963
Non-Fiction Books
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Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
1959
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The Open Work
1962
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Travels in Hyperreality
1973
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How to Write a Thesis
1977
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A Theory of Semiotics
1978
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The Role of the Reader
1979
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The Sign of Three
1983
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Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language
1984
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The Aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas
1984
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On The Medieval Theory Of Signs
1989
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The Limits of Interpretation
1990
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From the Tree to the Labyrinth
1990
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Interpretation and Overinterpretation
1992
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How to Travel with a Salmon & Other Essays
1992
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The Gnomes of Gnu
1992
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The Search for the Perfect Language
1993
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Apocalypse Postponed
1994
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Faith in Fakes
1995
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Belief or Non-Belief?
1996
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Incontro
1996
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Kant and the Platypus
1997
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Five Moral Pieces
1997
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Serendipities
1998
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Conversations about the End of Time
1998
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Talking of Joyce
1998
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Experiences in Translation
2001
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On Literature
2002
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Mouse or Rat?
2003
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History of Beauty
2004
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On Beauty
2004
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Turning Back the Clock
2006
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On Ugliness
2007
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The Infinity of Lists
2009
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This is Not the End of the Book
2009
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Confessions of a Young Novelist
2011
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Inventing the Enemy
2011
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The Book of Legendary Lands
2013
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Chronicles of a Liquid Society
2015
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Libraries: Candida Höfer
2019
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On the Shoulders of Giants
2019
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How to Spot a Fascist
2020
Umberto Eco Anthologies
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The Cult of Vespa
1997
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Writing Los Angeles
2002
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Pen America: A Journal for Writers and Readers: 13 Lovers