Works

The Name of the Rose

Historical Fiction and Romance

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General Reference

Literature Atlas. "The Name of the Rose." Accessed August 31, 2026. https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/the-name-of-the-rose.

APA Style

Literature Atlas. (n.d.). The Name of the Rose. Retrieved August 31, 2026, from https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/the-name-of-the-rose

BibTeX

@misc{literatureatlas-the-name-of-the-rose,
  author = {Literature Atlas},
  title = {The Name of the Rose},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-literature.interactiveatlas.org/works/the-name-of-the-rose},
  note = {Accessed August 31, 2026}
}

The Name of the Rose, published in Italian as Il nome della rosa, is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, translated into English by William Weaver in 1983. The novel has sold over 50 million copies worldwide, becoming one of the best-selling books ever published, and received many international awards including the Strega Prize in 1981 and the Prix Medicis Etranger in 1982.

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Composed, From (Year)

from 1980 1

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