The French artistIranian Marjane Satrapi died on the age of 56. She “died of disappointment a bit of over a 12 months after the loss of life of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life”, signifies a press launch from her family members despatched this Thursday. Mattias Ripa, producer, actor and screenwriter, died on April 8, 2025.
Exiled in France since 1994, naturalized French in 2006, Marjane Satrapi had acquired notoriety notably due to “Persepolis”, an autobiographical sketch in 4 volumes printed between 2000 and 2003. The primary of them was distinguished by the Angoulême pageant in 2001. She spoke of her childhood in Iran, the repression suffered by the Iranian folks and her painful departure for Europe.
Persepolis, finest movie award on the César Awards
She then tailored it for the display, co-directing it with Vincent Paronnaud. The animated movie obtained the jury prize from Cannes Film Festival in 2007. Seen by 1.2 million folks in theaters, it was nominated 5 occasions for the 2008 César Awards. It lastly gained the awards for finest first movie and finest adaptation. Persepolis was additionally nominated for Oscars in 2008.
The comedian e-book writer and director, additionally a painter and actress, had develop into a member of the Academy of Fantastic Arts. A fervent opponent of the Mullahs’ regime, in January 2025 she refused the Legion of Honor “due to France’s hypocritical angle in the direction of Iran”.
She denounced the convenience with which France granted visas to the kids of Iranian dignitaries, somewhat than to younger Iranians in search of to flee the regime. However “the refusal of the Legion of Honor is on no account an motion or a thought towards France. Quite the opposite, I deeply love this nation that’s mine,” she stated.
