Umberto Eco (1932–2016) was an internationally acclaimed writer, philosopher, medievalist, professor, and the author of the best-selling novels Foucault’s Pendulum, The Name of the Rose, and The Prague Cemetery, as well as children’s books. His numerous nonfiction books include Confessions of a Young Novelist, Six Walks in the Fictional Woods, and The Open Work. He was a recipient of the Premio Strega, Italy’s highest literary prize; the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities; and a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur from the government of France.


Confessions of a Young Novelist
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ISBN 9780674058699
Publication Date: 04/25/2011
240 pages
4-3/8 x 7-1/8 inches
4 line illustrations
The Richard Ellmann Lectures in Modern Literature
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