Marjane Satrapi's "Persepolis" won international acclaim as an autobiographical tale, told first in the form of a graphic novel, later turned into a film, of a young girl coming of age amid the 1979 ...
When Marjane Satrapi was 14, her parents decided to spare her the tension of living in war-ravaged Iran. Off she went to Vienna, there to spend her teen years in secular schools, getting a dose of ...
Back in early December I was given the opportunity to meet Persepolis' Iranian writer and director Marjane Satrapi and quickly jumped at the opportunity. Not only had a heard great things about the ...
A nine-meter-tall Olympic-themed tapestry by artist and author Marjane Satrapi was unveiled in Paris on Tuesday, March 12, ahead of the Olympic Games which commence on July 26. Split into three panels ...
Marjane Satrapi, a graphic novelist, holds her latest book Woman, Life, Freedom, in her home in Paris, France. PARIS — In her bright Paris apartment, Marjane Satrapi makes coffee, her cat rolling at a ...
“Everybody who tells this story is subject to his or her response,” says Marjane Satrapi. “There is only one matter that is objective, and that is science.” Satrapi is specifically referring to the ...
When Marjane Satrapi was only 14 years old, her Iranian family wrangled a visa and sent her to live in Europe. The Islamic Revolution was then unfolding, and all of Iran, including Tehran, was turning ...
Strip search: Marjane Satrapi created a comic-strip version of her childhood in Iran and in exile © Albert &ampamp; Verzone Get the latest entertainment news ...
In her bright Paris apartment, Marjane Satrapi makes coffee, her cat rolling at a visitor’s feet. The author of the internationally acclaimed graphic novel Persepolis, about a young girl coming of age ...