Antonio Ghislanzoni
Born October 25, 1824 · Died July 16, 1893
Lecco, Italy
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Ghislanzoni. Antonio Ghislanzoni (25 November 1824 – 16 July 1893) was an Italian journalist, poet, and novelist who wrote librettos for Verdi, among other composers, of which the best known are Aida and the revised version of La forza del destino. Ghislanzoni was born in Lecco, Lombardy, and studied briefly in a seminary, but was expelled for bad conduct in 1841. He then decided to study medicine in Pavia, but aband...
