In this world you either read or write, and writers write o… - Umberto Eco

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In this world you either read or write, and writers write out of contempt for their colleagues, out of a desire to have something good to read once in a while.

Umberto Eco

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About Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian philosopher, semiotician, essayist, literary critic, and novelist, most famous for his novel The Name of the Rose (1980), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory.

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Pen Names: Dedalus

Alternative Names: Umberto Ecco • Umberto Eccounstino • Humberto Eco • Umberto Eko • Oumperto Eko • Eco Umberto • U. Eco

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What model reader did I want as i was writing? An accomplice, to be sure, one who would play my game.

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which was not to be said in the tomb that I become.

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