Mit ihrer Erzählung über eine Kindheit in Iran befeuerte die Comickünstlerin den Boom der Graphic Novels. Jetzt ist sie gestorben.

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