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 a member of her close circle.
"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 sent to AFP.
Ripa, a Swedish producer, actor and screenwriter, died on April 8 last year.
Satrapi, an outspoken critic of Iran's theocratic government, arrived in France in 1994 and gained French nationality in 2006.
"Persepolis" recounts the story of Satrapi's early life in Tehran, struggling under the restrictions imposed by Iran's Islamic leadership after the 1979 revolution, before she is sent to Europe by her parents and begins a life in exile.
