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In one of his final essays, the late author of ‘The Name of the Rose’ acknowledges that cell phones are no longer merely the annoying tools of middle managers and adulterers.
UMBERTO ECO (1932–2016) was the author of numerous essay collections and seven novels, including The Name of the Rose,The Prague Cemetery, and Inventing the Enemy. He received Italy's highest literary award, the Premio Strega, was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by the French government, and was an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.