# Umberto Eco

> The Italian semiotician who turned medieval monastery murders into a surprise bestseller, proving that a thriller stuffed with Latin, heresy, and footnotes could sell millions - then spent the rest of his life writing everything from children's books to a prescient anatomy of fascism.

*Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist (1932-2016)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** 1932-01-05
- **Died:** 2016-02-19
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Umberto Eco was born 5 January 1932 and built his career as a medievalist and philosopher at the University of Bologna, where he would teach for decades. In 1980 he published The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery that wove semiotics, biblical analysis, and literary theory into popular fiction; it became an unexpected international phenomenon. Foucault's Pendulum followed in 1988, touching on similar dense territory. Beyond novels he wrote prolifically: children's books, translations, and from 1985 onward a twice-monthly column "La Bustina di Minerva" for L'Espresso - his last piece, on Romantic painter Francesco Hayez, appeared 27 January 2016, weeks before his death on 19 February. His 1995 essay "Ur-Fascism", listing fourteen properties of fascist ideology, has gained new attention in the 21st century.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 80.0 / 100

## Platforms
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- **WEBSITE**: http://umbertoeco.it

## Topics
#Writers, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Fiction, #Screenwriting, #Literature, #History, #Italy

## Timeline
- **2016** - Died
- **2015** - honorary doctor of the University of Łódź
- **2010** - honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II
- **2002** - honorary doctor of Rutgers University
- **2000** - Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities
- **1996** - honorary doctor of the University of Tartu
- **1990** - honorary doctor of Sofia University
- **1985** - honorary doctorate from Brown University
- **1981** - Strega Prize
- **1932** - Born

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