Author

Books by Marjane Satrapi

Marjane Satrapi was born in Rasht, Iran in 1969 and grew up in Tehran. After being sent to Vienna by her parents as a teenager, she later returned to Iran and eventually emigrated to France, where she studied art and began her career as an illustrator and author. Persepolis, first published in French in 2000–2003, became an international phenomenon, adapted into an animated film in 2007 that won the Jury Prize at Cannes. She has written several other graphic works and directed films. She lives in Paris.