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French-Iranian Persepolis author Marjane Satrapi dies of ‘sadness’
Sunday Island
|June 07, 2026
French-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi has died at the age of 56.
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Best known for her autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis, which she later directed as a film, Satrapi’s passing was announced on Thursday by French President Emmanuel Macron’s office.
Her family said in a statement sent to the AFP news agency that Satrapi had died of “sadness” a little over a year after the death of her husband, Mattias Ripa.
Marjane Satrapi lived most of her life in France, but remained deeply connected to her Iranian roots through her work.
Macron paid tribute to the author and said “her passing marks the loss of a leading figure in French culture and an artist devoted to freedom, whose work carried a universal message and earned her immense international renown".
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