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Following the publication of his first book in 1956, he became an assistant lecturer at his alma mater. Umberto's father urged him to become a lawyer, but he entered the University of Turin (UNITO), writing his thesis on the aesthetics of medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas under the supervision of Luigi Pareyson, for which he earned his Laurea degree in philosophy in 1954.Ĭareer Medieval aesthetics and philosophy 1954–1964 Īfter graduating, Eco worked for the state broadcasting station Radiotelevisione Italiana (RAI) in Milan, producing a variety of cultural programming. In a 2011 interview, Eco explained that a friend happened to come across the acronym on a list of Jesuit acronyms in the Vatican Library, informing him of the likely origin of the name. As was the custom at the time, the name had been given to his grandfather (a foundling) by an official in city hall. Towards the end of his life, Eco came to believe that his family name was an acronym of ex caelis oblatus (from Latin: a gift from the heavens). Eco received a Salesian education and made references to the order and its founder in his works and interviews. During World War II, Umberto and his mother, Giovanna (Bisio), moved to a small village in the Piedmontese mountainside. His father, Giulio, one of thirteen children, was an accountant before the government called him to serve in three wars.
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2.5 Anthropology of the West and The Island of the Day Before 1988–2000Įco was born on 5 January 1932 in the city of Alessandria, in Piedmont in northern Italy, and he attended high school there.2.4 Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum 1975–1988.2.3 Visual communication and semiological guerrilla warfare 1965–1975.2.2 Early writings on semiotics and popular culture 1961–1964.2.1 Medieval aesthetics and philosophy 1954–1964.