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Goscinny was born in Paris in 1926, to Jewish immigrants from Poland. [2] His parents were Stanisław Simkha Gościnny, a chemical engineer from Warsaw, and Anna (Hanna) Bereśniak-Gościnna from Chodorków (modern-day Khodorkiv ), a small village near Kyiv in Ukraine.
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In New York he meets the cartoonists Jijé and Morris. The latter introduces him to Georges Troisfontaines, boss of World Press, and Yvan Chéron, head of International Press. They reach a deal and a few weeks later René arrives in Paris to work with them …
One fine morning in 1951, Albert Uderzo, who is working for World Press/International Press, is told that someone new, called ‘Gossini’ is coming to join them. When Albert hears this name, his Italian roots get all excited. But he learns that “No, his name is spelt G.o.s.c.i.n.n.y. He’s French and he’s moving here from the United States.” The two h...
Uderzo and Goscinny then play an active part alongside Jean-Michel Charlier and Jean Hébrard to create the companies called Edipresse (news agency) and Edifrance (advertising agency), which at last give them the opportunity to express themselves independently. There follow several difficult years when the two try out various jobs, but this period i...
Then an important project monopolises our two friends’ time: to create a magazine called Pilote, in conjunction with François Clauteaux, who will be the editor, Albert and René look for a typically French hero. The decision is made and they choose the Romance of Renart. However, they are quickly told that the project is already under way, initiated...
The two authors continue some of the series for a while, either working together or on their own. However, from the “Asterix and the Chieftain’s Shield” album onwards, Albert Uderzo decides to devote himself exclusively to the little Gaulish hero and abandons his other characters.
Asterix becomes a major French comic strip hero, with his popularity increasing album by album. He brings great happiness to Albert and René, who by now have also founded a cartoon film studio, called Studio Idéfix. However, misfortune is just around the corner. The awful news comes on 5 November 1977: René Goscinny dies during an exercise stress t...
May 23, 2018 · Goscinny was born in Paris in August 1926 to Jewish parents from Ukraine, on his mother’s side, and Poland on his father’s.
René Goscinny was born on August 14, 1926, in Paris, France. His parents were Stanisław Simkha Gościnny, a chemical engineer from Warsaw, Poland, and Anna (Hanna) Bereśniak-Gościnna from Chodorków (modern-day Khodorkiv), a small village near Kyiv in Ukraine.
Both of Goscinny's parents were born in the Russian Empire, but migrated to the French Third Republic prior to the end of World War I. They met each other in Paris, and were married there in 1919. René was born in Paris in 1926, as the second son of the couple.
- August 14, 1926
- November 5, 1977
May 17, 2018 · But Asterix the Gaul was created by a Jew, Rene Goscinny — “Who knew?” says Abigail Morris, Director of the Jewish Museum London in Camden, as she shows me around a new exhibition about...
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Jul 31, 2024 · René Goscinny (born Aug. 4, 1926, Paris—died Nov. 5, 1977, Paris) was a French writer who is best known for the comic strip “Astérix”, which he created with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Goscinny was reared and educated in Buenos Aires and later worked on children’s books in New York City.
