![]() The grandson of a typographer and son of a railway employee, he was immediately drawn to the world of reading and the cult of the book.Īfter completing his classical education at the secondary school in his hometown, he enrolled in the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy at the University of Turin, graduating in 1954 with a thesis on the aesthetics of Thomas Aquinas, which was responsible, as Eco himself wrote ironically some time later, for having miraculously healed him of his faith (he revised his thesis in 1956, turning it into his first book: Il problema estetico in San Tommaso).Īfter graduating, he went to work at Rai along with other brilliant young intellectuals, forming a mixed and revolutionary group dubbed the “corsairs” and thanks to which the television programme schedule was brought up to date and acquired fame as a true public service. Umberto Eco was born in Alessandria in 1932. ![]() The University of Bologna showered Umberto Eco with all of the titles and awards at its disposal, grateful to the renowned semiologist for having enriched it with his teaching and the courses that he created and made famous. ![]() ![]() Certificates and requests for duplicates.Libraries, digital resources and study rooms.Services and opportunities Open submenu. ![]()
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