Luigi Illica was born on May 9, 1857 in Castell'Arquato, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He was a writer, known for Deep Impact (1998), Quantum of Solace (2008) and 22 Bullets (2010). He died on December 16, 1919 in Castell'Arquato, Emilia-Romagna, Italy.
Italian librettist, one of the earliest to devise his own plots, as in
"Andrea Chénier" and "Siberia," and was instrumental in breaking down
the rigid system of Italian operatic metres into lines of irregular
length.
At an early age he ran away to sea; in 1876 he fought against the
Turks. Three years later he settled in Milan and became well known in
literary circles.