Umberto Eco
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 5, 1932, Alessandria, Piemonte, Italia
- Died
- February 19, 2016
- Movies
- 17
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.
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.
Best-Known Movies
La Notte
1961
La Maison de la Radio
2013
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
2023
Why Are We Creative?
2018
Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore
2014
La rosa dei nomi
1987
Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco
2012
A Beautiful Vacation
2006
An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose
2022
Andate a lavorare - D.A.M.S. la nascita di un mito
2022
Filmography
| 2026 | Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2023 | All Men Become Brothers | |
| 2023 | Umberto Eco: A Library of the World | Self - Writer (archive footage) |
| 2022 | An Oral History of: The Name of the Rose | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Andate a lavorare - D.A.M.S. la nascita di un mito | Se stesso |
| 2018 | Why Are We Creative? | Self |
| 2014 | Walt Disney e l'Italia - Una storia d'amore | |
| 2013 | We Weren't Just Bicycle Thieves: Neorealism | Self |
| 2013 | La Maison de la Radio | Self |
| 2012 | Behind the Doors of Umberto Eco | Himself |
| 2011 | Quiproquo | |
| 2010 | Se hai una montagna di neve, tienila all'ombra | |
| 2010 | Life Is Bearable at Times... | |
| 2006 | A Beautiful Vacation | Self |
| 1987 | La rosa dei nomi | Self |
| 1986 | The Abbey of Crime: Umberto Eco's 'The Name of the Rose' | Self |
| 1961 | La Notte | Man at the Party (uncredited) |
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