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Born	January 5, 1932 • Alessandria • Italy
Died	February 19, 2016 (aged 84) • Milan • Italy
Notable Works	“Foucault’s Pendulum” • “Inventing the Enemy, and Other Occasional Writings” • “Kant and the Platypus” • “Numero Zero” • “The Infinity of Lists” • “The Name of the Rose” • “The Open Work” • “The Search for the Perfect Language“
Subjects Of Study	semiotics

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