Loading
Actor
Umberto Eco
- Born January 5, 1932 in Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia
- Died February 19, 2016
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.
Read the full biography
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.
Known for
La Notte1961
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore2014
Andate a lavorare - D.A.M.S. la nascita di un mito2022
All Men Become Brothers2023
Quiproquo2011
Life Is Bearable at Times...2010
Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra2010
Babau1976
Filmography
- TBAK.O. ClubFilmBook
- 2026Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e MisturasFilmSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2023Umberto Eco: A Library of the WorldFilmSelf - Writer (archive footage)
- 2023All Men Become BrothersFilm
- 2022An Oral History of: The Name of the RoseFilmSelf (archive footage)
- 2022Andate a lavorare - D.A.M.S. la nascita di un mitoFilmSe stesso
- 2019The Name of the RoseSeriesNovel
- 2018Why Are We Creative?FilmSelf
- 2014Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amoreFilm
- 2013La Maison de la RadioFilmSelf
- 2013We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: NeorealismFilmSelf
- 2012Behind the Doors of Umberto EcoFilmHimself
- 2011QuiproquoFilm
- 2010Life Is Bearable at Times...Film
- 2010Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombraFilm
- 2006A Beautiful VacationFilmSelf
- 1998Sabine ChristiansenSeriesSelf
- 1995Lo + plusSeriesSelf
- 1987La rosa dei nomiFilmSelf
- 1986The Name of the RoseFilmNovel
- 1986The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose'FilmSelf
- 1976BabauSeries
- 1975ApostrophesSeriesSelf
- 1961La NotteFilmMan at the Party (uncredited)