Umberto Eco was born in Alassandria, Italy on January 5, 1932 and died in Milan, Italy on February 19, 2016. Umberto Eco was an Italian novelist who found fame with his novel The Name of the Rose. Umberto Eco was not a one hit wonder as he followed this up with masterpieces such as Foulcoult's Pendulum, and Baudolino. Eco was also a university professor. Apart from his fiction, Umberto Eco was very interested in semiotics and linguistics and published and coauthored several books on them.
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