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Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means...
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| Birth: | 5th January, 1932 |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Profession: | Essayist, Novelist, Philosopher |
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Umberto Eco Knight Grand Cross is an Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist. He is best known for his groundbreaking 1980 novel Il nome della rosa, an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.
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