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Points: 24558 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 09:41
Originally posted by refugee refugee wrote:

Is he an artist?
 
Yes, in the sense that he became famous by practising a kind of art.
 
He was professor in semiotics at the university of Bologna until 2008.
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 09:45
In your first post you wrote, "trained by salesmen". Was that a kind of clue?
Trained by Salesmentrained by salesmen".
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Points: 24558 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 09:57
Originally posted by refugee refugee wrote:

In your first post you wrote, "trained by salesmen". Was that a kind of clue?
Trained by Salesmentrained by salesmen".
Trained by Salesmen
Trained by Salesmen
 
All the hidden hints are clues although the first ones were very cryptic. The word "Salesmen" is appropriate here, but in another sense than usual. I think it is hard to find the person by this hint, it is a detail taken from his bio on Wikipedia.
I'll explain these hints afterwards Geek.
 
He received the German order Pour le Mérite (Civil class).
 
 
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Points: 10616 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 10:17
Is this real live man still alive?
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 10:36
^Yes, he stated two pages ago that it’s a real living person.

OK, "Flash" must be another clue. Is he a photographer?
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Points: 34076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 11:57
is he from the middelages or from a more recent time
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Points: 4321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 12:58
Is he more than 50 years old?
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Points: 24558 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 30 2011 at 16:44

Originally posted by refugee refugee wrote:

^Yes, he stated two pages ago that it’s a real living person.

OK, "Flash" must be another clue. Is he a photographer?

No. I understand the suggestion; I should have done better by writing "Flash is in the flame".
 
Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Is this real live man still alive?
 
Yes.

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

is he from the middelages or from a more recent time

He is from a more recent time; still alive and less than five hundred years old, to be more precisely Wink. But he knows a thing or two about medieval issues and he has even written about them.
 
Originally posted by desistindo desistindo wrote:

Is he more than 50 years old?
 
Yes.
 
One of the previous hints concerns his current age.
 


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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 03:43
I have a hunch … does he work in Bologna?
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Points: 4321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 03:52
Did he write popular novels in the 70´s?
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Points: 24558 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 03:56
Originally posted by refugee refugee wrote:

I have a hunch … does he work in Bologna?
 
 
Yes, at least he did until 2008.
 
Originally posted by desistindo desistindo wrote:

Did he write popular novels in the 70´s?
 
No. He did write popular novels indeed, but none dates from the 70's.
 
I think the target should be within reach now.
 
His first novel was released in 1980.
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 04:07
Is it Umberto Eco?
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Points: 4321 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 04:29
^Yeah, probably is. If not, Angelo Del Boca?
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Points: 24558 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 04:37
Originally posted by refugee refugee wrote:

Is it Umberto Eco?
 

Yes. Well done ClapClapClapClap!

I'll explain the 'invisible ink'-hints right now:
- Trained by Salesmen: Not to be taken literally: Eco was educated by Salesians.
- A gift from the heavens: Latin: Ex Caelis Oblatus, the acronym 'Eco' was given as a surname to his grandfather, who was a foundling.
- Foot of the Mountain: The translation of Piedmont, the region where Umberto Eco comes from.
- 22nd prime: The 22nd prime number is 79, his current age.
 
The next six hints refer to his novels in order of release date:
- Stat Roma pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus: The last words of The Name of the Rose ('Roma' was 'rosa', but this alternative makes more sense).
- A pendulum swings: Refers to his novel Foucault's Pendulum.
- Marooned: Refers to the content of The Island of the Day Before.
- Crusade #4: The story of Baudolino is placed in the time of the Fourth Crusade.
- Flash: Flash Gordon figures in The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana.
- There are 12000 tombstones in Josefov: Josefov is the Jewish quarter of the city of Prague, in which The Prague Cemetery lies.

The hints hereafter need no further explanation.

Source: Wikipedia.



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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 04:49
WOW! I didn’t see the "invisible" messages until now. I think the "pendulum" clue would have been enough to guess the right person. And the "salesman" clue could also refer to semiotics: Semioticians study, among other things, the noble art of advertising.

I’ve read Foucault’s Pendulum (very good) and Baudolino (clever, but less interesting imo).
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This one is probably very hard:

Real person, female, still alive.

And before you start: You may never have heard about her, but at least she has her own Wiki article, so it’s far from impossible to find the answer.
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Points: 34076 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 06:00
is she French Ermm
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Points: 7026 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 06:23
No.
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Points: 24558 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 01 2011 at 06:53
Is she younger than 50?
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