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Umberto Eco

Born

in Alessandria, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy

January 05, 1932

Died

February 19, 2016

Website

https://www.umbertoeco.com/

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery, Philosophy

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Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.
Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life, with his output including children's books, translations from French and English, in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column "La Bustina di Minerva" (Minerva's Matchbook) in the magazine L'Espresso beginning in 1985, with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco ...more

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Average rating: 3.98 · 694,453 ratings · 33,175 reviews · 855 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 369,117 ratings — published 1980 — 724 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 70,864 ratings — published 1988 — 311 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Beauty by Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen 3.84 avg rating — 62,116 ratings — published 2004 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prague Cemetery 3.50 avg rating — 28,196 ratings — published 2010 — 189 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baudolino by Umberto Eco, William Weaver (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 23,856 ratings — published 2000 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Ugliness by Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen (translator) 3.87 avg rating — 18,760 ratings — published 2007 — 63 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Island of the Day Before 3.49 avg rating — 15,712 ratings — published 1994 — 174 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Numero zero 3.16 avg rating — 13,406 ratings — published 2015 — 130 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Flame Of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco, Geoffrey Brock (Translator) 3.38 avg rating — 12,277 ratings — published 2004 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il fascismo eterno 4.33 avg rating — 6,712 ratings — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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July 2015 New School Group Read

1937, Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston, 256 pages

11 votes, 28.9%

1973, The Princess Bride by William Goldman, 398 pages

10 votes, 26.3%

1988, Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco, 623 pages

4 votes, 10.5%

1931, The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck, 418 pages

4 votes, 10.5%

1903, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin, 272 pages

3 votes, 7.9%

1960, The Moviegoer by Walker Percy, 242 pages

2 votes, 5.3%

1948, I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, 343 pages

2 votes, 5.3%

1935, A Clergyman's Daughter by George Orwell, 250 pages

1 vote, 2.6%

1941, Mildred Pierce by James M. Cain, 288 pages

1 vote, 2.6%

1981, Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, 647 pages

0 votes, 0.0%

38 total votes

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