Power point

Emeline Brunet
René Goscinny
French writer, humorist
and comic strip scriptwriter
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Outline
Biography
His successes
Comparison French text/English translation
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Biography
Youth and first job
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Born in 1926
Childhood in Argentina
First works in a school newspaper
1945 : translator in New York
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Biography
After the WWII
• 1946 : military service
in France
=> official illustrator
• Back to New York
• Until 1949 : 0 publication,
hard period
=> first book Playtime Stories
• First comic strips : Dick Dicks
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Biography
Career in France
• 1951 : Work for the World
Press
=> meeting with Uderzo
• 1955 : beginning of
Le petit Nicolas with Sempé
• 1956 : hired
by the « Journal de Tintin »
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Biography
Beginning of
his main
work
• 1963 – 1974
: editor of
« Pilote »
• Death in
1977 at the
age of 51
• 1959 : work
for « Pilote »
where he
began
Astérix with
Uderzo
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Some series
Iznogoud
Les dingodossiers
Les divagations de
Monsieur Sait-tout
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Some series
Lucky Luke
Le petit Nicolas
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Comparison : names
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Assurancetourix / Cacofonix
Abraracourcix / Vitalstatistix
Agecanonix / Geriatrix
Idéfix / Dogmatix
Panoramix / Getafix
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Comparison : songs
J’ai deux amours
Joséphine Baker
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Comparison : songs
Molly Malone
Unofficial
anthem of
Dublin
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Comparison : songs
Petit papa noël – Christmas song
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Comparison : songs
Down among the dead men – Traditional English tune
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Comparison : songs
Il pleut dans ma chambre – Charles Trenet
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Comparison : songs
The rain in Spain – My fair lady
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Comparison : cultural
references
Djeans => jeans
Levix => brand Levis
Djinn => jeans
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Comparison : cultural
references
Ziegfeldfolix => Ziegfeld Follies
Brunococatrix => Bruno Coquatrix
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