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Umberto Eco
Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist.
Born January 5th, 1932 in Alessandria. [ref]
Died February 19th, 2016 at 84 years old in Milan (pancreatic cancer). [ref]
Occupations
essayist, historian, literary critic, literary scholar, medievalist, novelist, pedagogue, philosopher, screenwriter, semiotician, translator, university teacher, writer
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