Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French artist, filmmaker and author of the autobiographical graphic novel Persepolis, has died aged 56.
"Her passing is that of a figure of French culture and of an artist enamoured of freedom, whose work carried a universal message and had earned her immense international renown," French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Thursday.
A statement released by members of her family to the French news agency AFP said she had died of "sadness" a little over a year after the death of her husband, Swedish actor, producer and screenwriter Mattias Ripa.
