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Luigi Illica

1857 - 1919

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Luigi Illica (9 May 1857 – 16 December 1919) was an Italian librettist who wrote for Giacomo Puccini (usually with Giuseppe Giacosa), Pietro Mascagni, Alfredo Catalani, Umberto Giordano, Baron Alberto Franchetti and other important Italian composers. His most famous opera libretti are those for La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly and Andrea Chénier. Illica was born at Castell'Arquato. His personal life sometimes imitated his libretti. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Luigi Illica is the 2,363rd most popular writer, the 2,292nd most popular biography from Italy and the 156th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Luigi Illica ranks 2,363 out of 7,302. Before him are Maksim Bahdanovič, Ybyrai Altynsarin, Frigyes Karinthy, Jakub Bart-Ćišinski, Salvadore Cammarano, and Vítězslav Nezval. After him are Frank McCourt, Ueda Akinari, William Auld, Ulf Stark, António Vieira, and Ludovico di Varthema.

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Among people born in 1857, Luigi Illica ranks 62. Before him are Jacques de Morgan, A. E. Waite, Herman Bang, Gotō Shinpei, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, and Alfred Loisy. After him are Fergus Suter, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, Émile Cohl, Oskar von Hutier, Julius Popper, and Hermann Sudermann. Among people deceased in 1919, Luigi Illica ranks 71. Before him are Itagaki Taisuke, Adolf Schmal, William Osler, Louis Botha, Julia Lermontova, and Wilhelm Lehmbruck. After him are Melchora Aquino, Adelina Patti, Max Heindel, Wilfrid Laurier, Jérôme Eugène Coggia, and Francisco Moreno.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Luigi Illica ranks 2,292 out of 5,161. Before him are Francesco Erizzo (1566), Giorgio Perlasca (1910), Salvadore Cammarano (1801), Lucia Anguissola (1536), Bruno Rossi (1905), and Alejandro Malaspina (1754). After him are Carlo Ruzzini (1653), Domenico Dragonetti (1763), Eduardo di Capua (1865), Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este (1782), Ludovico di Varthema (1470), and Ignazio La Russa (1947).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Luigi Illica ranks 156. Before him are Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (1939), Umberto Saba (1883), Indro Montanelli (1909), Niccolò de' Niccoli (1365), Tullia d'Aragona (1510), and Salvadore Cammarano (1801). After him are Ludovico di Varthema (1470), Giovanni Pascoli (1855), Ugo Betti (1892), Carlo Emilio Gadda (1893), Giovanni de' Bardi (1534), and Ottavio Rinuccini (1562).

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