René Goscinny

Rene Goscinny was born on August 14, 1926, in Paris. He is one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Just from the adventures of "Asterix," which have been translated into 107 languages and dialects, around 300 million albums have been sold. Rene Goscinny was a man who always brought laughter, through his writings and his words. Always elegant, with an irresistible creativity, he was a noble character and, at the same time, very introverted. He had many adventures in his life, and then, around the age of 40, he became a complete creator and ultimately a man who found happiness (together with his wife and daughter). Then, all too quickly, like the balloons he loved to aim at in fairs, his heart burst. He died at 51, on November 5, 1977, during a routine "stress test." Practicing a rare art, without malice, without vulgarity, full of lightness and precision, Rene Goscinny was a highly productive comic scriptwriter ("Asterix" with Albert Uderzo, "Iznogoud" with Jean Tabary, "Lucky Luke" with Morris), as well as a writer with a magical pen ("Le Petit Nicolas," illustrated by Sempe). In 1959, he was also a co-founder (along with J.M. Charlier and A. Uderzo) of the magazine "Pilote," from which the comics we read today were born. From Bretecher to Bilal, passing through Gotlib, Cabu, Tardi, Mezieres, Druillet, Fred, Lob, Giraud, Christin, Pιtillon, Reiser... It is the trajectory of a modest, funny, fragile, and mysterious gentleman as narrated by Anne Goscinny, Guy Vidal, and Patrick Gaumer.