Marjane Satrapi
21 September 1969 – 3 June 2026
Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, illustrator and film director. She is best known for the autobiographical comic Persepolis, published in four volumes in French between 2000 and 2003, which recounts her childhood in Iran during and after the 1979 revolution. She co-directed the animated film adaptation of Persepolis with Vincent Paronnaud and has since directed several live-action features.
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Life events
Born in Rasht and raised largely in Tehran in a family with ties to the Qajar dynasty.
Attended the French-language lycee in Tehran during her childhood.
At the age of fourteen she was sent to Vienna to continue her schooling at a French-language lycee.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgReturned to Tehran and took a degree in visual communication at the Islamic Azad University.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgSettled in France, first in Strasbourg and later in Paris, where she joined the comics collective L'Association.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe autobiographical graphic novel was issued by L'Association in French between 2000 and 2003 and later translated into many languages.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe film, co-directed with Vincent Paronnaud, shared the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe film was nominated at the 80th Academy Awards.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHer black comedy thriller premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.
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