Builder of Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi, pictured here in 2008, created the Persepolis series, a string of graphic novels that recounts her experiences growing up in Iran and Europe. She adapted the book published in English as Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood into a film that was nominated for an Academy Award.
Marjane Satrapi
Iranian artist and writer
Quick Facts
- Notable Works:
- “Persepolis”
- “Radioactive”
Marjane Satrapi (born 1969, Rasht, Iran) is an Iranian artist, director, and writer whose graphic novels explore the gaps and junctures between Iran and the West. She lives in Paris. Satrapi was born in Rasht, Iran, in 1969. An only child, she moved with her father, an engineer, and her mother, a clothing designer, to Tehrān, where she grew up and attended the Lycée Français. After the Iranian Revolution of 1978–79, her family’s Western way of life drew the attention of Iranian authorities, and by 1984 her parents had decided to send her to Austria to attend school. A failed ...(100 of 654 words)