The person who doesn’t read lives only one life. The reader… - Umberto Eco

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The person who doesn’t read lives only one life. The reader lives 5,000. Reading is immortality backwards.

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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The person who doesn’t read lives only one life. The reader lives 5,000. Reading is immortality backwards. - Umberto Eco

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