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Author and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi dies at 56
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June 5, 2026
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1:26Now PlayingFrench-Iranian author and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died. She was best known for her graphic novel series "Persepolis," based on her own coming of age in Tehran after the Islamic Revolution. It was later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film she directed.
Satrapi also wrote the graphic novel "Chicken With Plums" and directed the Marie Curie biopic "Radioactive" starring Rosamund Pike.
French President Emmanuel Macron called Satrapi an artist devoted to freedom whose work carried a universal message.
Her family said she died of sadness after the death of her husband last year. She was 56 years old.
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