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Italian and comparative literature professor Massimo Ciavolella inspired a character in Umberto Eco&#039;s book. The 1986 movie adaptation of the book will be screened at UCLA. (Courtesy of Brett Landenberger)

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Q&#038;A: UCLA professor talks inspiring a character in a 1980 Italian novel

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Italian professor Massimo Ciavolella and the late Italian author Umberto Eco were good acquaintances. Ciavolella invited Eco to lecture during the professor’s classes at UCLA. Eco made Ciavolella a character in his book “Il nome della rosa,” or “The Name of the Rose.” The novel details a series of murders that take place at a Benedictine monastery in 1327.

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Q&A: UCLA professor talks inspiring a character in a 1980 Italian novel

By Olivia Mazzucato

Jan. 26, 2017 1:00 a.m.