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Biography
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 the history of occultism and its contemporary interpretation through the new age movement.
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Awards & recognition
- honorary doctor of the University of Łódź · 2015
- honorary doctorate of the University of Burgos · 2013
- Cesare Pavese Prize · 2011
- honorary doctorate from University of Paris-II · 2010
- honorary doctor of the University of Belgrade · 2009
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- honorary doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University · 2004
- honorary doctor of Rutgers University · 2002
- Austrian State Prize — European Literature · 2001
- honorary doctorate · 2001
- Princess of Asturias Award — Communications and Humanities · 2000
- The VIZE 97 Prize · 2000
- honorary doctorate of Grenoble-III University · 1997
- honorary doctor of the University of Tartu · 1996
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic · 1996
- honorary doctorate · 1993
- honorary doctor of Sofia University · 1990
- honorary doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense · 1990
- Bancarella Literary Prize · 1989
- honorary doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University · 1989
- honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · 1985
- honorary doctorate from Brown University · 1985
- Prix Médicis étranger · 1982
- Strega Prize · 1981
- Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit — Culture and Art
- honorary doctor of Loyola University Chicago
- honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University
- Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin
- honorary doctor of the University of Athens
- honorary doctor of the University of Kent
- Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
- honorary doctor of the University of Uppsala
- honorary doctorate of the University of Glasgow
- Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
- Pour le Mérite — Sciences and Arts order
Filmography5 titles
La Notte
1961as Man at the Party (uncredited)
1961as Man at the Party (uncredited)
The Name of the Rose
1986Novel
1986Novel
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
2022as Self - Writer (archive footage)
2022as Self - Writer (archive footage)
The Name of the Rose
2019Novel
2019Novel
La Maison de la Radio
2013as Self
2013as Self