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1.	Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?
Answer» Umberto Eco considered himself an academic scholar first and a novelist later. He makes his preference clear by saying, "I consider myself a university professor who writes novels on Sundays". On week days he attends academic conferences and does other scholarly, non-fictional work.

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