The French-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi is dead. This was reported by the AFP news agency on Thursday. She was 56 years old. Satrapi achieved international fame primarily for her book “Persepolis”. The graphic novel, which was later made into a film, is about the author’s childhood in Iran. The book sold over a million.
“Marjane Satrapi died of grief just over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” her relatives said in a statement. The circumstances of her death are still unclear. (dab)
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