Marjane Satrapi: The Critical Artist Who Died for Love

The news shocked the artistic community, particularly Iranian artists in exile, on Thursday, June 4.

French media, quoting the family of Iranian-French author and director Marjane Satrapi, reported that she passed away at her personal residence at the age of 56. "Dying of grief" was the phrase raised in reports as the reason for this loss. Marjane Satrapi was one of the chroniclers of the oppression of Iranian women in the contemporary era, and one of the few artists who succeeded in introducing Iran's contemporary history to the international community through personal narratives.

A year ago, Marjane Satrapi lost her 30-year life partner, author and director Mattia Ripa, to an illness, and now her close friends say that she died of "love".

Marjane Satrapi: From Persepolis to Woman, Life, Freedom

Many Iranians first heard Marjane Satrapi's name when the animated film Persepolis was released.