Oscar-nominated Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi dies aged 56

The French-Iranian author and illustrator was known for her graphic novel series and Oscar-nominated film.

Marjane Satrapi, the Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56

Her popular graphic novel series, published in the early 2000s, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.

By Amelia Nierenberg and Ségolène Le Stradic

Marjane Satrapi: 'At age 10, I was training myself to become a political prisoner'

The Franco-Iranian artist, who gained worldwide recognition with the graphic novel 'Persepolis,' died at 56 years old, her family announced Thursday. Le Monde interviewed her in October 2020. We are republishing that interview today.

Dina Nayeri : Marjane Satrapi brought Iranian women like me out of hiding

The Persepolis author understood us and translated us for the world. We have lost our most eloquent spokesperson Marjane Satrapi has died and every Iranian woman I know is in shock and mourning, while none seems confused by reports of the cause. She died “of sadness”, according to those close to her. Of course she did. Iranians often do. And Satrapi felt everything so intensely. For my cohort (girls who began their adolescence in 1980s Iran and ended it in the west) Marjane Satrapi was a spok...

By Dina Nayeri

Marjane Satrapi, the author of ‘Persepolis,’ dies at 56

Known for her graphic novel ‘Persepolis,’ Iranian-French artist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at the age of 56.

French-Iranian director and author Marjane Satrapi dead at 56

Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights, has died at 56. French President Emmanuel Macron is among those paying tribute to the artist.

‘Persepolis’ author Marjane Satrapi dies aged 56

Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, renowned for her graphic novel and film Persepolis, has died aged 56, a year after the passing of “the love of her life”, a member of her close circle said on Thursday. “Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” they said in a statement. Born in 1969 in Rasht in northern Iran, Satrapi arrived in France in 1994 and gained French nationality in 2006. An...

By Agence France-Presse

Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

The Iranian-born author of the acclaimed graphic novel and film offered a deeply personal account of Iran's Islamic Revolution.

Iranian-French artist Marjane Satrapi, author of 'Persepolis,' dies at 56

French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights and author of “Persepolis,” has died at 56, the French presidency said Thursday. Satrapi is best-known for her monochrome autobiographical comic book and film “Persepolis,” a coming-of-age tale set against the Islamic Revolution in her native Iran.

By FRANCE24

Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker behind Persepolis, ‘dies of sadness’ aged 56

She died just over a year after the passing of her husband

By Anna Loren

Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian Director of Oscar-Nominated ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56

France-based Iranian artist, animator and director Marjane Satrapi, best known for her Oscar-nominated 2007 biographical animated feature “Persepolis,” has died. She was 56. “Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” said a statement “from close friends and family” sent […]

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Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French author of 'Persepolis', dies aged 56

Satrapi is best-known for her monochrome autobiographical comic book and film “Persepolis,” a coming-of-age tale set against the Islamic Revolution in Iran.

Marjane Satrapi refused to be drawn in black and white

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Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Director, Dies at 56

Satrapi's biographical animated feature, about growing up in Iran after the revolution, was nominated for an Oscar, making her the first-ever woman nominated in that category.

By Scott Roxborough

Kathleen Kennedy Pays Tribute To ‘Persepolis’ Filmmaker Marjane Satrapi: “She Broke The Door Open”

EXCLUSIVE: Kathleen Kennedy has paid fond tribute to Marjane Satrapi, the artist, animator and Persepolis filmmaker who died Thursday at 56. “We’ve lost a true original,” the longtime Lucasfilm president said in part. Read her full remembrance below. Kennedy worked with Satrapi on Persepolis, the filmmaker’s 2007 pic that earned an Oscar nomination for Best […]

By Erik Pedersen

Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ Author and Director, Dead at 56

Iranian-French creator's career straddled comics and film

By Kory Grow

Marjane Satrapi, French-Iranian author of 'Persepolis', dies aged 56

Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film Persepolis, has died aged 56.

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Persepolis Creator Marjane Satrapi, Acclaimed Cartoonist and Filmmaker, Dead at 56

Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed cartoonist, filmmaker, and activist who authored the Persepolis graphic novels, has died at age 56.

By Jesse Schedeen

Marjane Satrapi, Iranian-French author of graphic novel 'Persepolis', dies aged 56

She also designed nine-metre wool triptych ⁠for Paris 2024 Olympics, showing athletes competing around Eiffel Tower

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French-Iranian writer - The Daily Star

French-Iranian writer  The Daily Star

Marjane Satrapi, ‘Persepolis’ author and director, dies at 56

Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film 'Persepolis,' has died aged 56, Agence France-Presse (AFP) learned Thursday from...