(1932–2016), Italian novelist and semiotician. Notable works: The Name of the Rose (novel, 1981), Travels in Hyperreality (writings on semiotics, 1986), and Foucault's Pendulum (novel, 1989).
Definition of Eco, Umberto in US English:
Eco, Umberto
proper nounˈekō
(1932–2016), Italian novelist and semiotician. Notable works: The Name of the Rose (1981) and Travels in Hyperreality (1986).