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'''Umberto Eco''' (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian mediaeval historian, semiotician (semiotics: the study of signs<ref>Signs: [[World of Symbolism|anything which represents or stands for anything]]</ref>), and philosopher. Outside academia, he was best known as a novelist, particularly his debut novel, ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'', which was made into a film starring [[Sean Connery]]. |
'''Umberto Eco''' (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian mediaeval historian, semiotician (semiotics: the study of signs<ref>Signs: [[World of Symbolism|anything which represents or stands for anything]]</ref>), and philosopher. Outside academia, he was best known as a novelist, particularly his debut novel, ''[[The Name of the Rose]]'', which was made into a film starring [[Sean Connery]]. |
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