Photo: Georges Bird / CC BY 3.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Marjane Satrapi matters to me as someone who turned her own life into a universal language. Persepolis took a childhood in revolutionary Iran and made it legible to readers worldwide, then she adapted it into a film and kept moving across novels, comics, and directing. The Angoulême and Harvey honors confirm the craft, but what I value more is her refusal to stay in one medium or one register. Born in Rasht, shaped by exile, she built a body of work that treats personal history as something worth fighting to preserve. Learning she passed in 2026 makes that legacy feel even more singular and hard to replace.
Overview
Marjane Satrapi (French: [maʁʒan satʁapi]; Persian: مرجان ساتراپی, [mæɾˈdʒɒːn(e) sɒːtɾɒːˈpiː]; 22 November 1969 – June 2026) was an Iranian and French comic book author, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include the graphic novel Persepolis and its film adaptation; the graphic novel Chicken with Plums; Woman, Life, Freedom; and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marjane Satrapi
- Name (Japanese)
- マルジャン・サトラピ
- Reading
- まるじゃん・さとらぴ
- Born
- November 22, 1969 (age 56)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Rasht, Gilan Province, Iran
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- film director / novelist / comics creator / actor / illustrator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Razi High School
- University
- Islamic Azad University Central Tehran Branch
Awards & achievements
- 2001 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for First Comic Book
- 2002 Prix France Info
- 2004 Harvey Awards
- 2004 Angoulême International Comics Festival Prize for Best Album
- 2004 Max und Moritz Award for Best International Comic Artist
- 2005 Sproing Award
- 2005 Peter Pan prize
- 2005 Urhunden Prizes
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Persepolis | — | |
| Notable work | Embroideries | — | |
| Notable work | The Voices | — | |
| Notable work | Radioactive | — | |
| Notable work | Chicken with Plums | — |
6. Links
Film director — see all → · Novelist — see all → · More people from Iran →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.