| Umberto Eco  Born: 5-Jan-1932
Birthplace: Alessandria, Italy
Died: 19-Feb-2016
Location of death: Milan, Italy
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Atheist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Scholar, Philosopher, Novelist Nationality: Italy
Executive summary: Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose Father: Giulio Eco (accountant)
Mother: Giovanna Bisio
Wife: Renate Ramge (m. 1962, one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Carlotta
Son: Stefano
University: University of Turin
Professor: Semiotics, University of Bologna
La Repubblica Columnist 1962-
Accademia dei Lincei
American Academy of Arts and Letters honorary member 1998
International Academy of Humanism Laureate
Prix Médicis étranger 1982 for The Name of the Rose
French Legion of Honor 1993
Converted to Atheism from Catholicism
Italian Ancestry
Risk Factors: Smoking
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
La Maison de la radio (8-Feb-2013) · Himself
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