Umberto Eco(1932–2016)
ArtsUmberto 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.
Italy
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Publications
1,061
Citations
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Awards & Recognition
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Sémiotique générale et philosophie du langage
Critique2016
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Open AccessCo-winners
Shared the same award in the same year
Education
University of Turin(laurea)
Career Timeline
University of Bologna?–present
Collège de France?–present
Honorary Degrees
Indiana University Bloomington1993
The Open University1993
Indiana University Bloomington2001
The Open University2001
Related Laureates
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Wole Soyinka
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2023)
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Mitsuko Uchida
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2022)
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Bruno Latour
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2021)
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Robert Wilson
Nobel Prize in Economics (2020)
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Arvo Pärt
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2014)
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2012)
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William Kentridge
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2010)
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Pina Bausch
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2007)
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