For 10 points, name this Italian author of Baudolino, Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of The Rose.
One of this author's protagonists can quickly learn any language he encounters; that man savesthe life of Niketas Choniates after visiting Prester John's kingdom. The protagonists of another of hisnovels are inspired by a book written by Colonel Ardenti to create the computer Abulafia. In his firstnovel, the protagonists encounter the Inquisitor Bernard Gui and the blind monk Jorge of Burgos,who eats the (*) poisoned manuscript of Aristotle's Comedy. One of his novels centers on a conspiracycreated by Belbo, Diotellavi, and Causabon, while in another, a murder is investigated by Adso of Melkand William of Baskerville. For 10 points, name this Italian author of Baudolino, Foucault's Pendulum and The Name of The Rose.
One of this author's protagonists can quickly learn any language he encounters; that man savesthe life of Niketas Choniates after visiting Prester John's kingdom.
Umberto Eco