Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biase… - Umberto Eco

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Since I became a novelist I have discovered that I am biased. Either I think a new novel is worse than mine and I don’t like it, or I suspect it is better than my novels and I don’t like it.

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

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