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The authors

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."
Discover the amazing life of the two creators of Asterix in our pages dedicated to René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo.

Albert Uderzo's biography


René Goscinny's biography




The question we are most often asked is: "Which of you is which?" And we are so interchangeable that we often answer: «I'm the other one.» René Goscinny
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