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Umberto Eco is an Italian literary critic, novelist, and a professor of semiotics (the study of signs in language). His most famous works are “The Name of the Rose,” “Kant and the Platypus,” and “Five Moral Pieces.” He has been a professor at the University of Bologna at its Institute for Communication Studies. His monthly is available in English, Spanish, and Italian.




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