Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French graphic novelist and filmmaker whose memoir "Persepolis" became a defining work of autobiographical comics and was adapted into an Oscar-nominated animated film, has died.
She was 56. Her publisher, L'Association, confirmed the death but did not provide a cause. Satrapi was born in Rasht, Iran, in 1969 and grew up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution.
She moved to Vienna as a teenager and later settled in Paris. Persepolis," first published in French in four volumes between 2000 and 2003, chronicled her childhood and early adulthood against the backdrop of the revolution and the Iran-Iraq war.
The book was praised for its stark black-and-white illustrations and unflinching portrayal of political repression. It was banned in Iran. In 2007, Satrapi co-directed an animated adaptation that won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
She also directed the live-action film "The Voices" and the historical drama "
Radioactive." Colleagues and readers paid tribute on social media, with many citing her courage and wit. Satrapi is survived by her husband, the musician Mattias Ripa, and their daughter.
