Philippe Gille, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philippe Gille

French writer

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1831

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 19-Mar-1901

Profession: writer, playwright, journalist, literary critic, librettist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Philippe Emile François Gille (10 December 1831 – 19 March 1901) was a French dramatist and opera librettist, who was born and died in Paris.
He wrote over twenty librettos between 1857 and 1893, the most famous of which are Massenet's Manon and Delibes' Lakmé. Although Gille studied law and was a clerk for a time at the Préfecture de la Seine, he became secretary of the Théâtre Lyrique then from 1869 an art and music for Le Figaro.Gille was elected to the Académie des beaux-arts in 1899.