French-Iranian author, filmmaker and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for her graphic memoir Persepolis, has died at the age of 56. Her death was confirmed on 4 June by French authorities and family members, who said she died a little more than a year after the death of her husband, Swedish producer and screenwriter Mattias Ripa. According to statements cited by multiple international media outlets, Satrapi's loved ones said she 'died of sadness' following the loss of her spouse.
Marjane Satrapi was an Iranian-born French artist, graphic novelist and filmmaker whose work focused on her experiences during and after the Iranian Revolution. Born in Rasht, Iran, on 22 November 1969 and raised in Tehran, she spent part of her adolescence in Vienna before later settling in France.
