He was 84 years old.
Eco studied philosophy and literature at the University of Turin, earning a B.A.
in the former in 1954.
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He also founded the Department of Media Studies at the University of the Republic of San Marino in 1988.
I have always had a narrative impulse,he toldThe Guardianin 2011.
I wrote stories and beginnings of novels at the age of 10 or 12.
I then satisfied my taste for narrative by writing essays.
All my researches have the structure of a whodunit.
Eco also produced a number of essays throughout the years, notably his 1990 collectionTravels in Hyper Reality.
Ecos last published work wasNumero Zero, released January 2015.
I accept the idea that they match.
