Umberto Eco was an Italian novelist, essayist, literary critic, philosopher, and semiotician. He was born in Alessandria in 1932 and was Professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna and President of the International Center for Semiotic and Cognitive Studies.
Genres: Young Adult Fiction, Children's Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical
Novels
The Name of the Rose (1980)
Foucault's Pendulum (1989)
The Island of the Day Before (1995)
Baudolino (2002)
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005)
The Prague Cemetery (2011)
Numero Zero (2015)
Foucault's Pendulum (1989)
The Island of the Day Before (1995)
Baudolino (2002)
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana (2005)
The Prague Cemetery (2011)
Numero Zero (2015)
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Umberto Eco
Award nominations
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Umberto Eco recommends
The Lights of Alborada (2006)
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"I consider Delany notonly one of the most important speculative fiction writers of the presentgeneration, but a fascinating writer in general who has invented a new style."
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