Umberto eco

Umberto Eco, a philosopher who wrote best-selling novels including The Name of the Rose, died on February 19 2016, aged 84.

Umberto Eco with his wife, Renate Ramge

"The world is full of precious books that nobody reads” ― Eco Umberto "Eco began his career as a scholar of medieval studies and semiotics. Then, in 1980, at the age of forty-eight, he published a novel, The Name of the Rose. It became an international publishing sensation, selling more than ten million copies. The professor metamorphosed into a literary star." Know more about Umberto Eco's work and life with this interview by Lila Azam Zanganeh for The Paris Review.

1. Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. 2. Translation is the art of failure. 3. I would define the poetic effect as the capacity that a text displays for continuing to generate different readings, without ever being completely consumed. 4. The comic is the perception of the opposite; […]

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BOOK: THE NAME OF THE ROSE by Umberto Eco Lazy readers who are fond of fast-paced novels are likely to get bored reading Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose. The novel is abundant in descriptions, words of wisdom, and history. Any reader who appreciates the past will find delight in the prose. The main protagonist, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, together with his novice Adso of Melk, attends an academic exercise in a Benedictine monastery in 1327 Northern Italy when a suicide…

“All poets write bad poetry. Bad poets publish them, good poets burn them.” Umberto Eco, Italian, writer

In the book, Eco speaks about a few rules that act as a guidepost for good writing. Below I am sharing the 10 writing lessons from Umberto Eco

The celebrated Italian intellectual, Umberto Eco, died five years ago today. During his time, he was the preeminent expert in the field of semiotics

As an essayist, he forever changed the way we think about popular culture. As a novelist, Umberto Eco has written the secret history of the world.