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Umberto Eco

Italy

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Italian novelist, semiotician, and literary critic (1932–2016) whose academic work on signs and meaning informed his fiction. His debut novel, set in a medieval monastery, became an unexpected international bestseller.

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The Name of the Rose
Franciscan friar William of Baskerville investigates a series of murders at an Italian abbey in 1327 with his novice Adso of Melk. Eco's debut novel blends a detective thriller with semiotic theory, medieval history, and literary theory.
1980 Italy
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Foucault's Pendulum
Three Milan editors invent a conspiracy theory connecting the Knights Templar to every major secret society in history — and find that the conspiracy takes on a life of its own. Eco's most intellectually demanding novel.
1988 Italy
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