[BBC] Italian writer Umberto Eco dies at 84
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Image copyrightReutersImage captionUmberto Eco's last book - Year Zero - was published last year
The Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, has died aged 84.
His family says he passed away late on Friday at his home. No further details were given.
The Name of the Rose was made into a film in 1989 starring Scottish actor Sean Connery.
Eco, who also wrote the novel Foucault's Pendulum, continued to publish new works, with Year Zero released last year.
He also wrote children's books and literary criticism.
Eco once wrote that "books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told".
"I am a philosopher," he was quoted as saying. "I write novels only on the weekends."
Eco founded the communications department at the University of San Marino in the 1980s.
He was later professor emeritus and chairman of the Higher School of Humanities of the University of Bologna.
Eco was born in Alessandria, northern Italy, in 1932.
Image copyrightReutersThe Italian writer and philosopher Umberto Eco, best known for his novel The Name of the Rose, has died aged 84.
His family says he passed away late on Friday at his home. No further details were given.
The Name of the Rose was made into a film in 1989 starring Scottish actor Sean Connery.
Eco, who also wrote the novel Foucault's Pendulum, continued to publish new works, with Year Zero released last year.
He also wrote children's books and literary criticism.
Eco once wrote that "books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told".
"I am a philosopher," he was quoted as saying. "I write novels only on the weekends."
Eco founded the communications department at the University of San Marino in the 1980s.
He was later professor emeritus and chairman of the Higher School of Humanities of the University of Bologna.
Eco was born in Alessandria, northern Italy, in 1932.
살아생전 '장미의 이름'과 '푸코의 추'의 저자셨으며, 틈날 때마다 역사에 대한 방향을 제시해주셨던 철학자이자 작가, 인문학자이셨던 움베르토 에코 옹이 (Umberto Eco : 1932~2016) 향년 84세로 자택에서 명을 달리하셨다 합니다. 이자리를 빌어 인문학에 큰 획을 그으셨던 고인의 명복을 빕니다.
tag : 움베르토에코, 삼가고인의명복을빕니다