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(FILES) In this file picture taken on October 11, 2007, Italian writer and academic Umberto Eco gives an interview at the Frankfurt Book Fair Eco, a philosopher who wrote best-selling novels including 'The Name of the Rose,' has died at 84, Italian media said on February 20, 2016, quoting his family. AFP PHOTO / FILES / JOHN MACDOUGALL

Interpreter of cultures

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FILE - In this Aug. 20, 2007, file photo, author Harper Lee smiles during a ceremony honoring the four new members of the Alabama Academy of Honor at the Capitol in Montgomery, Ala. The first chapter to Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' ran in Friday's editions of The Wall Street Journal and The Guardian, as anticipation grows for her first book since 'To Kill a Mockingbird' is set to be released on July 14. (AP Photo/Rob Carr, File)

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Nordic thrills

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