lit a candle 2 Sept 2026Thank you
I met Marjane once, very briefly, and they were kind to a nervous stranger. That's what I'll remember.
Their story
Marjane Satrapi, born on 21 September 1969 and died on 3 June 2026, made her life in two languages and two countries, Iran and France. She was a comic book author, a film director and a writer of books for children, and readers around the world came to know her…
Marjane Satrapi, born on 21 September 1969 and died on 3 June 2026, made her life in two languages and two countries, Iran and France. She was a comic book author, a film director and a writer of books for children, and readers around the world came to know her through the graphic novel Persepolis and the film made from it, through Chicken with Plums, through Woman, Life, Freedom, and through Radioactive, her portrait of Marie Curie on screen.
It was Persepolis above all that carried her name so far, making her one of the most widely read of all Iranian writers. When she helped bring that story to the cinema as co-director, the nomination that followed for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature made her the first woman ever to be recognised in that category.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retold in our own words. Wikipedia ↗
Photos
1Marjane Satrapi during a premiere of her film Persepolis
by People Forever
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