rené goscinny (french: [ʁəne ɡɔsini], polish: [ɡɔɕˈt͡ɕinnɨ] (listen); 14 august 1926 – 5 november 1977) was a french comic editor and writer, who created the astérix comic book series with illustrator albert uderzo.he was raised primarily in buenos aires, argentina, where he attended french schools, as well as lived in the united states for a short period of time.there he met belgian cartoonist morris.after his return to france, they collaborated for more than 20 years on the comic series lucky luke (in what was considered the series' golden age).he wrote iznogoud with jean tabary.goscinny also wrote a series of children's books known as le petit nicolas (little nicolas) illustrated by jean-jacques sempé.his parents were stanisław simkha gościnny, a chemical engineer from warsaw, and anna (hanna) bereśniak-gościnna from chodorków (ходорків), a small village near kyiv in ukraine.goscinny's maternal grandfather, abraham lazare berezniak, founded a printing company.claude, goscinny's older brother, was six years older, born on 10 december 1920.stanisław and anna had met in paris and married in 1919.when rené was two, the gościnnys moved to buenos aires, argentina, because his father had been hired as a chemical engineer there.rené had a happy childhood in buenos aires and studied in french-language schools there.he was often the 'class clown', probably to compensate for a natural shyness.he started drawing very early on, inspired by the illustrated stories which he enjoyed reading.in december 1943, the year after goscinny graduated from lycée or high school, his father died of a cerebral hemorrhage (stroke).the youth had to go to work.the next year, he got his first job, as an assistant accountant in a tire recovery factory.after being laid off the following years, goscinny became a junior illustrator in an advertising agency.goscinny, along with his mother, emigrated from argentina and immigrated to new york, united states in 1945, to join her brother boris.to avoid service in the united states armed forces, he travelled to france to join the french army in 1946.he served at aubagne, in the 141st alpine infantry battalion.promoted to senior corporal, he became the appointed artist of the regiment and drew illustrations and posters for the army.in april of that year he returned to new york.there he went through the most difficult period of his life.for a while, goscinny was jobless, alone, and living in poverty.by 1948, though, he had begun working in a small studio, where he became friends with future mad magazine contributors will elder, jack davis, and harvey kurtzman.goscinny became art director at kunen publishers, where he wrote four books for children.around this time he met two belgian comic artists, joseph gillain, better known as jijé, and maurice de bevere, also known as morris.morris lived in the us for six years, having already started his cartoon series lucky luke.(he and goscinny collaborated on this, with goscinny writing it from 1955 until his death in 1977, a period described as its golden age).georges troisfontaines, chief of the world press agency, convinced goscinny to return to france in 1951 in order to work for his agency as the head of the paris office.there he met albert uderzo, with whom he started a longtime collaboration.they started out with some work for bonnes soirées, a women's magazine for which goscinny wrote sylvie.goscinny and uderzo also launched the series jehan pistolet and luc junior, in the magazine la libre junior.in 1955, goscinny, together with uderzo, jean-michel charlier, and jean hébrad, founded the syndicate edipress/edifrance.the syndicate launched publications such as clairon for the factory union and pistolin for a chocolate company.
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