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Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, illustrator, and film director. She was born in Rasht, Iran and raised in Tehran by a politically active family. She attended French schools in Tehran and Austria before moving to France to study arts. Satrapi is best known for her autobiographical graphic novels Persepolis and Persepolis 2, which detail her childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and her young adult years in Europe. The films adaptations of Persepolis that she directed have received critical acclaim. Satrapi uses her work to promote cross-cultural understanding and speak out against war.

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Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, illustrator, and film director. She was born in Rasht, Iran and raised in Tehran by a politically active family. She attended French schools in Tehran and Austria before moving to France to study arts. Satrapi is best known for her autobiographical graphic novels Persepolis and Persepolis 2, which detail her childhood in Iran during the Islamic Revolution and her young adult years in Europe. The films adaptations of Persepolis that she directed have received critical acclaim. Satrapi uses her work to promote cross-cultural understanding and speak out against war.

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Marjane Satrapi

BIOGRAPHY

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Home & Life
• Born in Rasht, Iran 


• Raised in Tehran, Iran

• Came from famous family ˝


• Her great grandfather was an emperor of Iran) ˝
• The upper class family

• Well educated (studied at French school in Tehran)

• She was raised in the family that supports


political change to democracy
Education - Iran and Aboard

• When she was young, she live in Tehran and attended in Lycée Français school.

• In 1984, she attended in Lycée Français school in Austri

• At the age 19, she moved back to Tehra,


• Graduated from L'Ecole de Beaux-Arts, ˝
• studied at Arts Deco in Strasbourg, France.
Works
• Unusual ambassador (representative)
• French author / Graphic novelist - autobiography
• Spokeswoman - talking against war and cross-cultural understanding
• Director and Illustrator
Works
• Persepolis 1 (2000) and Persepolis 2 (2001) published in France, translated into English and is
combined to Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (2003)˝

• Persepolis 3 and Persepolis 4 (2002 & 2003) published in France, translated into English and
is combined to Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (2004)

• Film of Persepolis (2007) was also created and directed by


her; voted for best animated feature in the Academy
Award.˝

• Broderies (2003)˝

• Poulet aux Prunes (2004) Chicken with Plums; film (2011),


her second graphic novel that is made into a film
Works
• Created illustrated children books Les Monstres n’aiment pas la lune (2001; Monsters Are Afraid
of the Moon) and Le Soupir (2004; The Sigh)˝

• Directed English-language dark comedy The Voices (2014)


Achievements, Recognition, Awards
• In 2001, Marjane Satrapi won the Angoulême Coup de Coeur Award, a major prize
for comics authors, for her graphic novel ‘Persepolis’.

• In 2002, Marjane Satrapi won another award given during the annual
Angoulême Comics Festival in France, the Angoulême Prize for
Scenario, for Persepolis: Tome 2’

• In 2008, the ‘Persepolis’ was recognized in the


Cinema for Peace Award as the ‘Most Valuable
Movie of the Year’.
Bibliography
• http://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/culture-magazines/satrapi-marjane
˝

• http://www.notablebiographies.com/newsmakers2/2006-Ra-Z/Satrapi-Marjane.ht ˝

• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Marjane-Satrapi
˝

• https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/marjane-satrapi-5639.php

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