Two North Bay theaters plan to honor Marjane Satrapi, who died June 4.

Marjane Satrapi, the graphic novelist and director who achieved global renown with Persepolis and its film adaptation, has died. According to The New York Times, her death was announced by French ...

June 4 (UPI) --French-Iranian Persepolis author and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi has died at the age of 56. "Her passing marks the loss of a leading figure in French culture and an artist deeply ...

Satrapi’s memoir of growing up during the Islamic revolution is a gripping, witty and sympathetic film ...

Marjane Satrapi will be remembered for her eye-opening film Persepolis which transformed not only Westerners but also exiled Iranians’ understanding of Iran in a simple yet powerful way.

Persepolis begins with the Revolution, when Marjane’s father, Ebi, tells his daughter why they took to the streets to fight: ...

A committed advocate to furthering free speech and women's rights in her birth country, Satrapi lost her husband, Swedish ...

Satrapi's family told the Agence France-Presse news agency that the French Iranian graphic novelist "died of sadness" Sylvain Lefevre/Getty Marjane Satrapi, the author best known for the acclaimed ...

PARIS — Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian French artist, filmmaker and author of the autobiographical graphic novel "Persepolis," has died. She was 56. Satrapi's family confirmed her death in a statement ...