Current sectionArt & CultureThe acclaimed artist and filmmaker is best-known for her autobiographical comic book and film 'Persepolis,' a coming-of-age tale set against the Islamic Revolution in her native IranShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeThe Associated Press03:07 PM • June 04 2026 IDTPARIS (AP) — Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights, has died at 56, the French presidency said Thursday.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Middle EastFranceIranIslamWomen's rightsHuman rightsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesLebanonGulfNoam SohlbergMichael RabelloNetanyahu-TrumpHaQuizHaaretz PodcastCreator of 'Persepolis,' Marjane Satrapi, Has 'Died of Sadness' at 56'We Confuse Them': BDS Can't Decide What to Do About This Israeli BandLeave Our Troubles Outside? 'Cabaret' Serves as a Warning to Israeli Society'Political Figures Kindly Advised Me Not to Translate A Historian in Gaza''I Read Every Word She Ever Wrote': Alan Berliner on Making His Film 'BENITA'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?UN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesNot Lapid or Bennett: Could This Former IDF Chief Be Israel's Next Leader?Israel's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report Says