Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an Italian semiotician, philosopher, and cultural critic who became one of the most celebrated novelists of the twentieth century. A professor at the University of Bologna for decades, he wrote influential academic works on semiotics, aesthetics, and medieval philosophy before turning to fiction at the age of forty-eight. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Name of the Rose.