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Umberto Eco

Italien · Schriftsteller · Lebte 1932 bis 2016 · im Alter von 84 · auch Serbien

Umberto Eco wird in 115 Sprachen etwa 2.616 Mal am Tag gelesen.

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Umberto Eco (* 5. Januar 1932 in Alessandria, Piemont; † 19. Februar 2016 in Mailand, Lombardei) war ein italienischer Schriftsteller, Kolumnist, Philosoph, Medienwissenschaftler sowie einer der bekanntesten Semiotiker und Philologen der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts.

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Stationen eines Lebens

2016Gestorben19. Februar 20162015Honorary Doctor of the University of ŁódźAuszeichnung2011Cesare Pavese PrizeAuszeichnung2010Honorary Doctorate from University of Paris-IIAuszeichnung2004Honorary Doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur UniversityAuszeichnung2002Honorary Doctor of Rutgers UniversityAuszeichnung2000The VIZE 97 PrizeAuszeichnung1997Honorary Doctorate of Grenoble-III UniversityAuszeichnung1996Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian RepublicAuszeichnung1995“I don't even have an E-mail address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive messages.”Eigene Worte26. Juni 1995As quoted in "Of Eco And E-mail" by Anthony Haden-Guest, in The New Yorker (26 June 1995)

1994“To read fiction means to play a game by which we give sense to the immensity of things that happened, are happening, or will happen in the actual world.”Eigene WorteSix Walks in the Fictional Woods (1994) Chapter Four: "Possible Woods"

1993Honorary DoctorateAuszeichnung1990Honorary Doctor of Sofia UniversityAuszeichnung1989Honorary Doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle UniversityAuszeichnung1986“In the United States, politics is a profession, whereas in Europe it is a right and a duty.”Eigene WortePreface to the American edition of Travels in Hyperreality (1986)

“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.”Eigene Worte"Why Are They Laughing In Those Cages?", in Travels in Hyperreality : Essays‎ (1986), Ch. III : The Gods of the Underworld, p. 122

1985Honorary Doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit LeuvenAuszeichnungHonorary Doctorate from Brown UniversityAuszeichnung1981Strega PrizeAuszeichnung1978“I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.”Eigene WorteQuoted in Myriem Bouzaher's introduction to the French version of The Name of the Rose, Postille al Nome della Rosa, Page 18 (1985)

1973“Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the police.”Eigene WorteIl costume di casa (1973); as translated in Travels in Hyperreality (1986)

1932Geboren5. Januar 1932

Fotos 8

In ihren eigenen Worten 10

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Umberto Eco
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10 Aussagen, neueste zuerst
  1. I don't even have an E-mail address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive messages.

    26. Juni 1995, As quoted in "Of Eco And E-mail" by Anthony Haden-Guest, in The New Yorker (26 June 1995), Eigene Worte

  2. To read fiction means to play a game by which we give sense to the immensity of things that happened, are happening, or will happen in the actual world.

    1994, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods (1994) Chapter Four: "Possible Woods", Eigene Worte

  3. How should we deal with intrusions of fiction into life, now that we have seen the historical impact that this phenomenon can have?

    1994, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods (1994) Chapter Six: "Fictional Protocols", Eigene Worte

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Auszeichnungen

Honorary Doctor of the University of Łódź2015
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Burgos2013
Cesare Pavese Prize2011
Honorary Doctorate from University of Paris-II2010
Honorary Doctor of the University of Belgrade2009
Honorary Doctor of the Marie and Louis Pasteur University2004
Honorary Doctor of Rutgers University2002
Austrian State Prize for European Literature2001
Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities2000
The VIZE 97 Prize2000
Honorary Doctorate of Grenoble-III University1997
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic1996
Honorary Doctor of the University of Tartu1996
Honorary Doctorate1993
Honorary Doctor of Sofia University1990
Honorary Doctor of the University of Madrid Complutense1990
Honorary Doctor of the Sorbonne Nouvelle University1989
Bancarella Literary Prize1989
Honorary Doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven1985
Honorary Doctorate from Brown University1985
Prix Médicis étranger1982
Strega Prize1981
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Honorary doctor of the Free University of Berlin
Honorary doctor of the University of Liège
Honorary Doctor of Tel Aviv University
Honorary Doctor of the University of Uppsala
Honorary Doctorate of the University of Glasgow
Honorary Doctor of the University of Athens
Honorary Doctorate of University of Buenos Aires
Honorary Doctor of Loyola University Chicago
Honorary Doctor of the University of Kent
Gold Medal of the Italian Order of Merit for Culture and Art

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Zur Person

Umberto Eco (* 5. Januar 1932 in Alessandria, Piemont; † 19. Februar 2016 in Mailand, Lombardei) war ein italienischer Schriftsteller, Kolumnist, Philosoph, Medienwissenschaftler sowie einer der bekanntesten Semiotiker und Philologen der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Durch seine Romane, allen voran Der Name der Rose (im Original erschienen 1980), wurde er weltberühmt. Daneben verfasste er wissenschaftliche Werke, Kinderbücher, regelmäßige Zeitungsbeiträge und Sachbücher.

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Italien
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Schriftsteller
Art
Schriftsteller / Autor
Status
verstorben
Daten
Lebte 1932 bis 2016 · im Alter von 84

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