Umberto Eco: RIP

Umberto Eco, Italian novelist and intellectual, dies aged 84

Most will remember him as the writer of The Name of the Rose, which was adapted into a film starring Sean Connery and Christian Slater ...



But he was more than just a novelist. I've had a few posts about him in the past ....

- Umberto Eco twice

- From Catherine of Siena to Umberto Eco

- Umberto Eco and others on women's ordination

And here's an article I saw about him today in The Atlantic ... Remembering Umberto Eco