Marjane Satrapi is the woman who looked at the absolute ruins of war and the suffocating weight of tyranny, yet chose to draw it with the tender, aching ink of a child’s memory. She didn't write Persepolis to state political facts;
Marjane Satrapi has died.
Her passing marks the loss of a leading figure of French culture and an artist deeply committed to freedom, as shown by her support for the Woman, Life, Freedom movement.
Her work Persepolis transformed an Iranian childhood into a universal tale that won over a global audience. Our thoughts are with her family, her loved ones and all those who have been inspired by her work.
Credits: Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi, 2007.
“Si me convierto en un símbolo del diálogo y de tolerancia es que el mundo va mal, porque ni soy supersimpática ni muy tolerante”.
Marjane Satrapi.
(Rasht, Irán, 1969- 2026)
💔 "Nobody can take your freedom. I have lived in a dictatorship. There was a ban on everything! Was I less free in my mind? No, I wasn’t. Did I become a stupid person? No, I didn’t. Because no matter how much they looked at me, they could not get into my mind."
~ Marjane Satrapi