Famous librettists

author of the libretto (words) of an opera or a similar extended musical composition

481 people

All Alive Deceased
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749 – 1832 · Age 82
Deceased
Victor Hugo

Victor Hugo

1802 – 1885 · Age 83
Deceased
Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore

1861 – 1941 · Age 80
Deceased
Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen

1805 – 1875 · Age 70
Deceased
Alexander Pushkin

Alexander Pushkin

1799 – 1837 · Age 37
Deceased
Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka

1883 – 1924 · Age 40
Deceased
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

1854 – 1900 · Age 46
Deceased
Lord Byron

Lord Byron

1788 – 1824 · Age 36
Deceased
James Joyce

James Joyce

1882 – 1941 · Age 58
Deceased
Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

1813 – 1883 · Age 69
Deceased
J. R. R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

1892 – 1973 · Age 81
Deceased
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

1840 – 1893 · Age 53
Deceased
Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller

1759 – 1805 · Age 45
Deceased
Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen

1828 – 1906 · Age 78
Deceased
Heinrich Heine

Heinrich Heine

1797 – 1856 · Age 58
Deceased
Émile Zola

Émile Zola

1840 – 1902 · Age 62
Deceased
William Blake

William Blake

1757 – 1827 · Age 69
Deceased
Igor Stravinsky

Igor Stravinsky

1882 – 1971 · Age 88
Deceased
Hermann Hesse

Hermann Hesse

1877 – 1962 · Age 85
Deceased
Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

1898 – 1956 · Age 58
Deceased
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Percy Bysshe Shelley

1792 – 1822 · Age 29
Deceased
Günter Grass

Günter Grass

1927 – 2015 · Age 87
Deceased
David Bowie

David Bowie

1947 – 2016 · Age 69
Deceased
George Sand

George Sand

1804 – 1876 · Age 71
Deceased
Hector Berlioz

Hector Berlioz

1803 – 1869 · Age 65
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q8178443