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author: Eric Wagoner
date: '2000-05-12T09:58:52'
draft: false
title: Umberto Eco wins Spanish literary
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[Umberto Eco wins Spanish literary prize](http://www.cnn.com/2000/books/news/05/10/spain.eco.reut/index.html). More praise for one of our finest writers (I'm using the collective "our", for Eco belongs to the generations, or however that sappy phrase goes). I consider the fact that I've yet to read all of his works (actually, **any** of his works -- I'm into _The Name of the Rose_ right now, but just barely) one of my greatest character flaws.