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Umberto Eco

Born

in Alessandria, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy

January 05, 1932

Died

February 19, 2016

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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	The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 389,413 ratings — published 1980 — 725 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 — 74,000 ratings — published 1988 — 9 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 3.82 avg rating — 66,028 ratings — published 2004	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 3.51 avg rating — 29,672 ratings — published 2010 — 5 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) 3.80 avg rating — 25,016 ratings — published 2000 — 4 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) 3.88 avg rating — 19,013 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	The Island of the Day Before 3.49 avg rating — 16,197 ratings — published 1994 — 4 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 3.17 avg rating — 14,222 ratings — published 2015 — 2 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 — 12,626 ratings — published 2004 — 2 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 4.32 avg rating — 8,628 ratings — published 2020 — 35 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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The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco, 1980, 552 pages

60 votes, 26.4%

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, 109 p, 1952

48 votes, 21.1%

The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim, 1922, 232 pages

43 votes, 18.9%

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: A Novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1962, 151 pages

33 votes, 14.5%

On the Edge of Reason by Miroslav Krleža, 1938, 192 pages

20 votes, 8.8%

The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati, 1940, 198 pages

12 votes, 5.3%

The Rector's Daughter by F.M. Mayor, 1924, 368 pages

11 votes, 4.8%

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