Biography
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.
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
The Name of the Rose
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
The Name of the Rose
La Maison de la Radio