A Tribute - Umberto Eco

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Brilliantly done - fine tribute to a great writer.

Lovely drawing and a commendable tribute to a major intellectual.

I would add, Pratim, great likeness too.

Thanks Robert Jones Sir ... Thannks Res. Cesare Romano ...

A Tribute to UMBERTO ECO .. Coloured pencil and black gel pen on pastel paper ... A5... 2016 ... Umberto Eco OMRI (Italian: [um'b?rto '??ko]; 5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016) was an Italian novelist, essayist, literary critic, philosopher and semiotician. He is best known for his groundbreaking 1980 historical mystery novel Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose), an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory. He later wrote other novels, including Il pendolo di Foucault (Foucault's Pendulum) and L'isola del giorno prima (The Island of the Day Before). His novel Il cimitero di Praga (The Prague Cemetery), released in 2010, was a best-seller. Eco also wrote academic texts, children's books and essays. Eco's fiction has enjoyed a wide audience around the world, with many translations. His novels are full of subtle, often multilingual, references to literature and history. Eco's work illustrates the