Marjane Satrapi, Author of 'Persepolis,' Dies at 56 a Year After Husband
The French-Iranian graphic novelist died Thursday in a statement from people close to her. She had refused France's highest civilian honor last year over its Iran policy.
France 24Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian author and illustrator of the graphic novel Persepolis, died at the age of 56, people close to her told Agence France-Presse on Thursday, June 4. "Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life," the statement sent to AFP said.
Ripa, a Swedish producer, actor and screenwriter, died on April 8, 2025.
Satrapi arrived in France in 1994 and gained French nationality in 2006. She was an outspoken critic of Iran's theocratic regime. Her graphic novel Persepolis recounts her early life in Tehran, struggling under the restrictions imposed by Iran's Islamic leadership after the 1979 revolution, before her parents sent her to Europe.
In 2025 she refused the French Légion d'Honneur award over the country's "hypocrisy" in its dealings with Iran, citing French visa policies that prevented dissidents from leaving Iran.
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