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Marjane Satrapi was an Iranian and French comic book author, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation; the graphic novel Chicken with Plums; Woman, Life, Freedom; and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.
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entertainment · French and Iranian author and director (1969–2026) · film director · novelist · actor · illustrator · animator · songwriter · painter · comics writer · penciller · director · also Marjane Satrapi, Satrapi
Born 22 November 1969 · Died 4 June 2026 · Q126633
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“At the same time he has this smile that makes you forgive him for anything. You almost want to take his hand with the knife in it and make him stab you too because you love him so much.”
Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica: Marjane Satrapi: el trazo de la resistencia y el dagh
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The Guardian: Marjane Satrapi captured profound human emotions – and paved the way for a generation
The Guardian: Dina Nayeri: Marjane Satrapi brought Iranian women like me out of hiding
Public attention spiked: 304,952 Wikipedia readers in one day, 213.9× the usual 1,426, with 239 article edits. Coverage that week: “Marjane Satrapi captured profound human emotions – and paved the way for a generation” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: Marjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56
Died 2026-06-04.
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Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (2024).
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for Communications and Humanities (2024).
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The Guardian: ‘The little girl in Persepolis has grown up’: Marjane Satrapi on life after her hit graphic novel – and her radical new work
It ranked 48th on the New York Times's list of the 100 best books of the 21st century
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Satrapi directed another black comedy, Dear Paris (Paradis Paris), which was featured at the Torino Film Festival
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Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (2022).
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Satrapi voiced her support for the Mahsa Amini protests
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Satrapi starred in the French animated short film The Soloists, voicing Ava, one of the three eponymous sisters fighting to express their musical talents in a country with blatantly sexist laws
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It was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and later released online
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Persepolis ranked 47th on The Guardian's list of the 100 best books of the 21st century
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Satrapi directed Radioactive, a biopic of two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie
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Awarded Officer of Arts and Letters (2015).
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Awarded Adamson Awards for Persepolis (2015).
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The Guardian: The Voices review – Marjane Satrapi’s ghoulish psycho-comedy
The Guardian: Marjane Satrapi: the Persepolis director escapes her comfort zone
Satrapi directed the black comedy film The Voices, from a screenplay by Michael R
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Chicago schools were ordered by the district to remove Persepolis from classrooms because of its graphic language and violence
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Satrapi directed and acted in the comedy crime film La bande des Jotas (Gang of the Jotas), from her own screenplay
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Awarded César Award for Best First Film for Persepolis (2008).
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Awarded Award Gato Perich (2008).
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Awarded César Award for Best Adaptation for Persepolis (2008).
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Awarded Jury Prize for Persepolis (2007).
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Won Sutherland Trophy for Persepolis (2007).
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Awarded Urhunden Prizes for Embroideries (2007).
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Awarded Urhunden Prizes for Persepolis (2005).
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Awarded Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (2005).
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Awarded Sproing Award (2005).
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Awarded Peter Pan prize (2005).
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Awarded Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album for Chicken with Plums (2004).
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Awarded Max und Moritz Award for Best German-language Comic for Persepolis (2004).
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Awarded Harvey Awards for Persepolis (2004).
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Awarded Max und Moritz Award for Best International Comic Artist for Persepolis (2004).
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An award her graphic novel Chicken with Plums (Poulet aux prunes) won in 2005
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And 2004, respectively, as Persepolis and Persepolis 2
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Awarded Prix France Info (2002).
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Awarded Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book (2001).
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Arrived in Vienna, Austria, to attend the Lycée Français de Vienne
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And sentenced to death; he requested Satrapi when allowed to select a single visitor the night before his execution
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“What I have lived, the youth is living now. My hope is that the situation will go towards something beautiful that is called freedom and democracy. “And the huge difference with my time is the boys were not with us. The beauty now is that there are boys and girls together. So this is what gives me hope as well as feeling extremely sad because of all this violence. There is nothing more beautiful and inspiring than their courage.”
Her parents lived under the rule of Islamic fundamentalists who had taken power
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Born 1969-11-22.
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What I have lived, the youth is living now. My hope is that the situation will go towards something beautiful that is called freedom and democracy. “And the huge difference with my time is the boys were not with us. The beauty now is that there are boys and girls together. So this is what gives me hope as well as feeling extremely sad because of all this violence. There is nothing more beautiful and inspiring than their courage.
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