Umberto Eco, Italian Semiotician and Best-Selling Author, Dies at 84 - The New York Times

Umberto Eco, Italian Semiotician and Best-Selling Author, Dies at 84 - The New York Times:



 "Umberto Eco, an Italian scholar in the arcane field of semiotics who became the author of best-selling novels, most notably the blockbuster medieval mystery “The Name of the Rose,” died on Friday in Italy. He was 84."



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