Marjane Satrapi, whose graphic novel series, Persepolis, about growing up in and leaving Tehran, Iran, won her international acclaim and millions of book sales, turned away from the form two ...

The Iranian-French author Marjane Satrapi has declined France's Legion ... Satrapi became globally famous with her graphic novel Persepolis, in which she describes her childhood and youth in ...

Marjane Satrapi, the acclaimed Iranian-French filmmaker ... set against the Islamic Revolution in her native Iran. Her graphic novels also include “Broderies” (“Embroideries”) and ...