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\n Published on 04\/06\/2026 – 10:46 GMT+2\u2022Updated
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French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the graphic novel \u201cPersopolis\u201d and its 2007 film adaptation, has died in Paris at the age of 56. <\/p>\n
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Satrapi\u2019s family and friends revealed the shocking news. <\/p>\n
\u201cMarjane Satrapi died of grief just over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,\u201d stated the press release from her loved ones. <\/p>\n
Producer, actor and screenwriter Mattias Ripa died on 8 April 2025. <\/p>\n
Born in Rasht, southwestern Iran, on 22 November 1969, Satrapi was an outspoken critic of Iran\u2019s theocratic regime.<\/p>\n
She became known worldwide for her critically acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel \u201cPerspolis\u201d. It recounts the story of Satrapi\u2019s early life in Tehran, struggling under the restrictions imposed by Iran\u2019s Islamic leadership after the 1979 revolution – before she was sent to Europe by her parents to begin a life in exile. <\/p>\n
The comic was later adapted into an animated film, which she directed alongside Vincent Paronnaud. Persepolis premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, where it co-won the Jury Prize alongside the film Silent Light. Persepolis was then selected as the French entry for Best International Feature at the 80th Academy Awards, where her film was also nominated for Best Animated Feature \u2013 making Satrapi the first woman to be nominated in the category.<\/p>\n
Other celebrated works by Satrapi include her graphic novel \u201cChicken With Plums\u201d (\u201cPoulet aux prunes\u201d), which she directed the adaptation of – also alongside Vincent Paronnaud \u2013 as well as the comedy-horror film The Voices, starring Ryan Reynolds, and Radioactive, a 2019 biopic of the two-time Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie. <\/p>\n