Umberto Eco

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Fans of "Squid Game" had better not be holding their breath: Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has yet to write the script for season two and said on April 4 it would likely not be released before late 2024.

"I have to work on season two. Hopefully, I can show it to the fans by the end of 2024," the South Korean writer-director said at the MIPTV festival in Cannes in the south of France.

I borrowed the title of today's column from an old essay by the late Umberto Eco. The Western reaction to the Gülenist putsch attempt in Turkey last year made me go back to it. Eco was a columnist for Il Verri, an Italian literary magazine, between 1959 and 1961. "How to travel with a Salmon & Other Essays" is a translated English language collection of his essays from that period.

Italian author and academic Umberto Eco, who became one of Italy's best-known cultural exports and keenest cultural critics, died in Milan on Feb.

Turkish writers mourn Umberto Eco, Italy's world-known author and philosopher, who died Feb. 19 at he age of 84.

The writer of several groundbreaking books Eco had been suffering from cancer and passed away at 10.30 p.m. [2130 GMT] local time, Italian media reported.

Best-selling Turkish crime novelist Ahmet Ümit described his sorrow on social media on Feb. 20.

Italian author and intellectual Umberto Eco died on Friday at his home in Milan, according to Italian media reports.

His Italian publisher, Bompiani, confirmed his death, according to the Italian news agency ANSA

He was best known for his 1980 historical mystery novel The Name of the Rose, which has been translated into more than 40 languages.

One of the world's most prestigious literary awards, France's Le Prix Medicis Etranger, was presented to Turkish author Hakan Günday for his novel "Daha," which is about immigrants. The award is presented each year to the best foreign novel in France. 

BELGRADE - Famous violinist Jovan Kolundzija was appointed member of the Academy of spiritual votaries 'F. M. Dostoyevsky', Guarnerius Fine Arts Centre released on Wednesday.