Umberto Eco was an Italian writer, philosopher, semiotician, and university professor. He is best known for his novel 'The Name of the Rose', which was published in 1980 and later adapted into a film. Eco's works deal with the search for meaning in a seemingly chaotic world, and he is considered one of the most important postmodern authors. His other works include 'Foucault's Pendulum' and 'The Island of the Day Before'. Eco was also a noted scholar of semiotics, the study of signs and symbols, and wrote extensively on the subject. He died in 2016 at the age of 84. The crossword solution for the term 'Italian Writer Umberto' is ECO.