10 hours agoMaryan Satrapi, French-Iranian author of the book “Persepolis”, dies at 56
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(3 days ago)Maryan Satrapi became known worldwide for her autobiographic graphic novel “Persepolis”, which was highly regarded by criticism, which he later conducted as animated film. His premiere appeared in Cannes in 2007 and was nominated for the Oscar Award.
The author and French-Iranian illustrator Maryane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel “Persopolis” and its adaptation to the 2007 film, has died in Paris at the age of 56.
Saturn's family and friends discovered the shocking news.
Mariann Satrapi died of grief just over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and her life love”, it was said in her boyfriend's press release.
Producer, actor and screenwriter Mattias Ripa died on April 8, 2025.
Born in Rast, southwest Iran, on November 22, 1969, Satrapi was an open critic of Iran's theocratic regime.
It became known worldwide for its autobiographic graphic novel “Perspolis”, which was highly regarded by criticism, writes EuroNews, broadcast Periscope.
It recounts the history of the early life of Satrapi in Tehran, struggling under restrictions imposed by Iran's Islamic leadership after the 1979 revolution - before it was sent to Europe by its parents to start a life in exile.
The enemy later adopted an animated film, which she led along with Vincent Parronaud. Perseus premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, where he won the Jury Award along with the film Silent Light. Perseus was later chosen as the French candidate for Best International Film at the 80th Academy Awards, where her film was also nominated for Best Animated Film - making Satrapi the first woman to be nominated to this category.
Other famous works of Satrapi include its graphic novel “Cicken With Plums” (“Poules aux purene”), whose adaptation she led - also with Vincent Parronaud - as well as the comedy-horirial film The Voices , with protagonist Ryan Reynolds, and Radioactive A 2019 biography of the double Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie.
Her last enemy was “woman, Life, Freedom” in 2024. Two years before his publication, she voiced support for Mahsa Ameni protests, stating that Moving Women, Life, Freedom Was a Cultural Revolution .
Satrapi arrived in France in 1994 and gained French citizenship in 2006. In 2025, she rejected the French Honour Legion because of the country's “hipocrycrycy” in its relations with Iran.
ICPT Marian Satrapi 1969 - 2026.
