| 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 M�dicis �tranger 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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