The 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 Iran

French-Iranian author and illustartor Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film “Persopolis”, has died, her family said on Thursday. She was 56.

French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film “Persopolis”, has died of "sadness", members in her close entourage said Thursday. She was…

Disegnatrice e illustratrice, viveva in Francia da trent’anni. Nei suoi lavori ha raccontato la sua in Iran durante la rivoluzione islamica, e poi il suo esili…

PARIS: The Franco-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi, who became known worldwide through the graphic novel and film “Persepolis,” has died at the age of 56, AFP learned Thursday from…

Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film “Persepolis”, has died aged 56, AFP learned Thursday

Satrapi is best-known for her monochrome autobiographical comic book and film “Persepolis,” a coming-of-age tale set against the Islamic Revolution in her native Iran.

Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film "Persepolis", has died aged 56, AFP learned Thursday from a member of her close…

Born in Iran, the artist moved to France in her youth due to censorship in her homeland

She was best known for her acclaimed graphic memoir Persepolis

Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel and film 'Persepolis,' has died aged 56, Agence France-Presse...

The Iranian-born author of the acclaimed graphic novel and film offered a deeply personal account of Iran's Islamic Revolution.

Marjane Satrapi, the Oscar-Nominated writer and director of 'Persepolis,' has died at 56.

French-Iranian artist, author and women’s rights activist Marjane Satrapi, the illustrator behind the graphic novel memoir “Persepolis,” has died at 56.

French-Iranian artist, author and women’s rights activist Marjane Satrapi, the illustrator behind the graphic novel memoir “Persepolis,” has died at 56.

Satrapi was “a great artist who transformed an Iranian childhood into a universal fable,” the French presidency said Thursday.

The acclaimed artist was best-known for her monochrome autobiographical comic book and film “Persepolis."

She died just over a year after the passing of her husband

Family members said the author of the landmark comic book memoir ‘died of sadness’ after the death of her husband last year

The 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…

Acclaimed Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi, a prominent advocate for women's rights, has died at 56. French President Emmanuel Macron is among those paying…