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Giuseppe Giacosa

1847 - 1906

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Giuseppe Giacosa (21 October, 1847 – 1 September, 1906) was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist. Regarded at the turn of the 20th century as one of Italy’s leading playwrights, Giacosa is remembered chiefly for his association with Puccini in double harness with the librettist Luigi Illica. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giuseppe Giacosa is the 2,251st most popular writer (up from 2,688th in 2019), the 2,205th most popular biography from Italy (up from 2,521st in 2019) and the 148th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Giuseppe Giacosa ranks 2,251 out of 7,302. Before him are Branislaw Tarashkyevich, Ludovic Halévy, Ana María Matute, Karlheinz Deschner, Uri Avnery, and Benjamin Péret. After him are Fred Uhlman, Zbigniew Herbert, Ilse Aichinger, Dacia Maraini, Sebastian Haffner, and Giovanni Botero.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Giuseppe Giacosa ranks 37. Before him are Sidney Sonnino, Hans Gross, Afonso Pena, Nakano Takeko, Ferdinand Fellner, and Richard Bowdler Sharpe. After him are Adolf von Hildebrand, Jacob Schiff, Oscar Swahn, Josip Belušić, John Bates Clark, and Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg. Among people deceased in 1906, Giuseppe Giacosa ranks 28. Before him are Jean Cabanis, Paul Drude, Elizabeth of the Trinity, Étienne Carjat, Prince Albert of Prussia, and Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este. After him are Mary Putnam Jacobi, Ernesto Cesàro, Friedrich Konrad Beilstein, Frits Thaulow, Princess Louise of Denmark, and Dame Gruev.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giuseppe Giacosa ranks 2,205 out of 5,161. Before him are Virginio Rosetta (1902), Walter de Silva (1951), Alberto Lattuada (1914), Adriana Asti (1931), Orso Ipato (726), and Servius Sulpicius Galba (-190). After him are Nepotianus (400), Dacia Maraini (1936), Amadeo Bordiga (1889), Matteo Renzi (1975), Vincenzo Montella (1974), and Coppo di Marcovaldo (1225).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Giuseppe Giacosa ranks 148. Before him are Cangrande I della Scala (1291), Caecilius Statius (-230), Luigi Pulci (1432), Cesare Zavattini (1902), Alessandro Baricco (1958), and Frédéric Ozanam (1813). After him are Dacia Maraini (1936), Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark (1939), Duris of Samos (-340), Corax of Syracuse (-500), Guido Guinizelli (1230), and Nigidius Figulus (-98).

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