Her popular graphic novel series, published in the early 2000s, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq War.

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.

La fumettista franco-iraniana aveva 56 anni: nel romanzo a fumetti aveva raccontato la sua vita durante la Rivoluzione islamica in Iran