Author

Books by Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an Italian semiotician, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. He was a professor at the University of Bologna and one of the most influential humanist intellectuals of the twentieth century. The Name of the Rose, published in Italian in 1980, was his debut novel and became an international bestseller, translated into dozens of languages. His subsequent novels include Foucault's Pendulum, The Island of the Day Before, and Baudolino. He received numerous honorary degrees and international literary prizes throughout his career.