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Giuseppe Giacosa was born in Colleretto Giacosa, near Turin, Italy. He was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist. He earned a degree in law from University of Turin, Faculty of Law. He gained initial fame for his play Una Partita a Scacchi in 1871. He wrote La signora di Challant, based on a novella by Matteo Bandello, for noted French actress Sarah Bernhardt, produced in New York in 1891. He also wrote the librettos used by Puccini for La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly in conjunction with Luigi Illica.