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René Goscinny

Born August 14, 1926(1926-08-14)
Paris, France
Died November 5, 1977 (aged 51)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Area(s) writer, editor
Pseudonym(s) d'Agostini, Stanislas
Notable works Astérix
Iznogoud
Le Petit Nicolas
Lucky Luke
Oumpah-pah
Awards full list

René Goscinny (August 14, 1926 – November 5, 1977) was a French author, editor and humorist, who is best known for the comic book Astérix, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo, and for his work on the early issues of the comic book series Lucky Luke with Morris. Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Iznogoud (pronounced "is no good" with a French accent) is a French Comics series featuring an Eponymous character Le petit Nicolas ( Little Nicholas) was created by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé and it was published for the first time This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge ( Oumpah-pah the Redskin) is the name of a Comics series created by Comics artist Albert Uderzo and comics Events 1183 - Taira no Munemori and the Taira clan take the young Emperor Antoku and the three sacred treasures Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. Maurice de Bevere ( December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001) better known as Morris, was a Belgian Cartoonist and the

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Early life

Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to a family of Polish-Ukranian Jewish descent;[1] his parents were Stanisław "Simkha" Gościnny (the surname means hospitable in Polish), a chemical engineer from Warsaw, Poland, and to Anna Bereśniak Gościnna from Chodorków, a small village in the 2nd Republic of Poland, now Ukraine. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Poland (Polska officially the Republic of Poland Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Claude, René's older brother was born 6 years earlier; on December 10, 1920. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Stanisław and Anna had met in Paris and married in 1919. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The Gościnnys moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, two years after René's birth, because of a chemical engineer post Stanisław had obtained there. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. He spent a happy childhood in Buenos Aires, and studied in the French schools there. He had a habit of making everyone laugh in class, probably to compensate for a natural shyness. He started drawing very early on, inspired by the illustrated stories which he enjoyed reading.

In December of 1943 the year after he graduated from school, 17 year old Goscinny lost his father to a cerebral hemorrhage, forcing him to find a job. A cerebral hemorrhage (or intracerebral hemorrhage, ICH) is a subtype of Intracranial hemorrhage that occurs within the Brain tissue itself The next year, he got his first job, as an assistant accountant in a tire recovery factory, and when he was laid off the following year, he became a junior illustrator in an advertising agency. [2]

Goscinny, along with his mother, left Argentina and went to New York in 1945, to join their uncle, Boris, there. The City of New York To avoid service in the US military, he travelled to France to join the French army in 1946. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He served at Aubagne, in the 141 E battalion of Alpine infantry. Aubagne is a small commune located 17 km east of Marseille in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of southern France. Promoted to senior corporal, he became the appointed illustrator of the regiment and drew illustrations and posters for the army. Corporal is a rank in use in some form by most militaries and also by some police forces or other uniformed organizations

First works

The following year, he illustrated the book The Girl with The Eyes of Gold and returned to New York. On his arrival Goscinny went through the most difficult period of his life. For a while, he was jobless, alone and totally broke. By 1948, though, he recovered and started working in a small studio where he met and became friends with future Mad alumni Will Elder, Jack Davis and Harvey Kurtzman. Mad is a monthly American Humor Magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952 William "Will" Elder ( September 22, 1921 – May 15, 2008) was an American Illustrator and Comic book artist Jack Davis (b December 2, 1924, Atlanta Georgia) is an American Cartoonist and Illustrator. Harvey Kurtzman ( October 3, 1924, Brooklyn New York – February 21, 1993) was a U [2] Goscinny then became art director at Kunen Publishers where he wrote four books for children. Around this time he met Joseph Gillain, better known as Jijé, and Maurice de Bevere aka Morris, the cartoonist and author of the series Lucky Luke (which Goscinny would write from 1955 to his death in 1977). Jijé ( January 13, 1914 - June 20, 1980) was a Belgian comics artist, best known for Spirou et Fantasio Maurice de Bevere ( December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001) better known as Morris, was a Belgian Cartoonist and the A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing Cartoons Traditionally much of this work was and still is humorous and is intended primarily for entertainment purposes This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. [2]

Also, he met Georges Troisfontaines, chief of the World Press agency, who convinced Goscinny to return to Paris and work for his agency as the head of Paris office in 1951. Here, he met Albert Uderzo, with whom he started a longtime cooperation. [2][3] They started out with some work for Bonnes Soirées, a female magazine for which Goscinny wrote Sylvie. Goscinny and Uderzo also launched the series Jehan Pistolet and Luc Junior in La Libre Junior.

In 1955, Goscinny, accompanied by Jean-Michel Charlier, Albert Uderzo and Jean Hébrad, founded the syndicate Edipress/Edifrance. Jean-Michel Charlier ( October 30, 1924 - July 10, 1989) was a Belgian Scriptwriter best known as a writer of realistic Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. The syndicate launched publications like Clairon for the factory union and Pistolin for a chocolate company. Goscinny and Uderzo cooperated on the series Bill Blanchart in Jeannot, Pistolet in Pistolin and Benjamin et Benjamine in the magazine of the same name. Under the pseudonym Agostini, Goscinny wrote Le Petit Nicolas for Jean-Jacques Sempé in Le Moustique and later Sud-Ouest and Pilote. Le petit Nicolas ( Little Nicholas) was created by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé and it was published for the first time Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé (born August 17, 1932 in Bordeaux) is a French Cartoonist. Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989

In 1956, Goscinny began a collaboration with the magazine Tintin. Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version Kuifje ( Dutch-speaking version was a weekly Belgian comics magazine He wrote some short stories for Jo Angenot and Albert Weinberg, and worked on Signor Spaghetti with Dino Attanasio, Monsieur Tric with Bob de Moor, Prudence Petitpas with Maurice Maréchal, Globul le Martien and Alphonse with Tibet, Strapontin with Berck and Modeste et Pompon with André Franquin. Bob de Moor is the Pen name of Robert Frans Marie De Moor ( Antwerp, December 20, 1925 - Brussels, August 26, Tibet, the pseudonym of Gilbert Gascard, born October 29, 1931, is a French Comics artist and writer in the Franco-Belgian Arthur Berckmans (born May 3, 1929) better known as Berck, is a Belgian Comics author best known for Sammy Modeste et Pompon ( Modeste and Pom-pon) is a Belgian comic series consisting mainly of humourus one-page short stories about a temperamental André Franquin ( January 3, 1924 &ndash January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian Comics artist, whose best known An early creation with Uderzo, Oumpah-pah, was also adapted for serial publicatin in Tintin from 1958-1962. Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge ( Oumpah-pah the Redskin) is the name of a Comics series created by Comics artist Albert Uderzo and comics [4] In addition, Goscinny appeared in the magazines Paris-Flirt (Lili Manequin with Will) and Vaillant (Boniface et Anatole with Jordom, Pipsi with Godard). Willy Maltaite ( October 30, 1927, Anthée Belgium - February 18, 2000) known by the Pseudonym Will

Pilote and Astérix

In 1959, the Édifrance/Édipresse syndicate started the comics magazine Pilote. Belgium and France have a long tradition in Comics. They have a common history for comics (see Franco-Belgian comics) and magazines [5] Goscinny became one of the most productive writers for the magazine. In the magazine's first issue, he launched his most famous creation, Astérix, with Uderzo. The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French This series was an instant hit and is now known worldwide. Goscinny also restarted the series Le Petit Nicolas and Jehan Pistolet, now called Jehan Soupolet. Goscinny also began Jacquot le Mousse and Tromblon et Bottaclou with Godard.

The magazine was bought by Georges Dargaud in 1960, and Goscinny became editor-in-chief. He also began new series like Les Divagations de Monsieur Sait-Tout (with Martial), La Potachologie Illustrée (with Cabu), Les Dingodossiers (with Gotlib) and La Forêt de Chênebeau (with Mic Delinx). Cabu (real name Jean Cabut, born January 13, 1938, Châlons-en-Champagne, France) is a French comic strip artist and carticaturist With Tabary, he launched Calife Haroun El Poussah in Record, a series that was later continued in Pilote as Iznogoud. Jean Tabary (born March 5, 1930 in Stockholm) is a French Comics artist. Iznogoud (pronounced "is no good" with a French accent) is a French Comics series featuring an Eponymous character With Raymond Macherot he created Pantoufle for Spirou. Raymond Macherot (30 March 1924 - 26 September 2008 was a Belgian cartoonist. Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics

Goscinny died in Paris from a heart attack on November 5, 1977, at the age of 51. Events 1499 - Publication of the Catholicon in Treguier ( Brittany) Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

Since 1996, the René Goscinny Award is presented at the yearly Angoulême International Comics Festival in France as an encouragement for young comic writers. The René Goscinny award named after the writer of Asterix and Lucky Luke, is awarded to comic writers at the Angoulême International Comics Festival Angoulême International Comics Festival ( French: Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d'Angoulême) is the main comics festival in Europe

Family

Goscinny married Gilberte Pollaro-Millo in 1967. In 1968 their daughter Anne Goscinny was born, who also became an author.

Bibliography

Series Years Magazine Albums Editor Artist
Lucky Luke 1955 - 19770 Spirou and Pilote 38 Dupuis and Dargaud0 Morris
Modeste et Pompon0 1955 - 1958 Tintin 02 Lombard André Franquin
Prudence Petitpas 1957 - 1959 Tintin Lombard Maurice Maréchal0
Signor Spaghetti 1957 - 1965 Tintin 15 Lombard Dino Attanasio
Oumpah-pah 1958 - 1962 Tintin 03 Lombard Albert Uderzo
Strapontin 1958 - 1964 Tintin 04 Lombard Berck
Astérix 1959 - 1977 Pilote 24 Dargaud Albert Uderzo
Le Petit Nicolas 1959 - 1965 Pilote 05 Denoël Sempé
Iznogoud 1962 - 1977 Record and Pilote0 14 Dargaud Jean Tabary
Les Dingodossiers 1965 - 1967 Pilote 03 Dargaud Gotlib

Awards

According to the information which is available in UNESCO's Index Translationum, Goscinny, as of April 2008, is the 22nd most translated author, with 1,800 translations of his work. This article is about the comic book and TV series For the mobster see Lucky Luciano. Spirou magazine is a Belgian comics magazine. First published April 21, 1938 as Le Journal de Spirou, it was an eight page weekly comics Pilote was a French cartoon periodical published from 1959 to 1989 Dupuis is a Belgian publisher of Comic books and magazines Based in Marcinelle near Charleroi, Dupuis was founded in the early 1930s Les Éditions Dargaud is a publisher of Franco-Belgian comics series Maurice de Bevere ( December 1, 1923 - July 16, 2001) better known as Morris, was a Belgian Cartoonist and the Modeste et Pompon ( Modeste and Pom-pon) is a Belgian comic series consisting mainly of humourus one-page short stories about a temperamental Le journal de Tintin (in its French-speaking version Kuifje ( Dutch-speaking version was a weekly Belgian comics magazine Le Lombard or Lombard Editions is a Belgian Comic book publisher established in 1946 when the Tintin magazine André Franquin ( January 3, 1924 &ndash January 5, 1997) was an influential Belgian Comics artist, whose best known Oumpah-pah le Peau-Rouge ( Oumpah-pah the Redskin) is the name of a Comics series created by Comics artist Albert Uderzo and comics Albert Uderzo (born April 25, 1927) is a French Comic book artist and scriptwriter. The Adventures of Asterix ( French: Astérix or Astérix le Gaulois) is a series of French Le petit Nicolas ( Little Nicholas) was created by René Goscinny and illustrated by Jean-Jacques Sempé and it was published for the first time Jean-Jacques Sempé, usually known as Sempé (born August 17, 1932 in Bordeaux) is a French Cartoonist. Iznogoud (pronounced "is no good" with a French accent) is a French Comics series featuring an Eponymous character Jean Tabary (born March 5, 1930 in Stockholm) is a French Comics artist. Adamson Awards is a Swedish award awarded to notable cartoonists named after the famous Swedish comic strip "Adamson" (Silent Sam "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner The United States of America —commonly referred to as the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16 The Index Translationum is UNESCO 's database of book Translations Books have been translated for thousands of years with no central record of the fact [6] (However this figure does not take in account his additional work under pseudonyms. )

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ Garcia, Laure. Uderzo, le dernier Gaulois (French). Le Nouvel Observateur.
  2. ^ a b c d Lambiek Comiclopedia. René Goscinny.
  3. ^ Lagardère. Release of the 33rd Asterix volume.
  4. ^ Asterix International!. Albert Uderzo.
  5. ^ BDoubliées. Pilote année 1959 (French).
  6. ^ Index Translationum top 50

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