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Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

January 5, 1932 – February 19, 2016

Also known as: Dedalus

Umberto Eco was an Italian writer, columnist, philosopher, media scientist and one of the best-known semioticians of the second half of the 20th century. His novels, above all The Name of the Rose (originally published in 1980), made him world-famous.