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Marjane Satrapi

Iranian artist and writer
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Marjane Satrapi
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Category: Arts & Culture
Born:
1969, Rasht, Iran (age 55)
Notable Works:
“Persepolis”
“Radioactive”
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Marjane Satrapi (born 1969, Rasht, Iran) Iranian artist, director, and writer whose graphic novels explore the gaps and the junctures between East and West. Satrapi was the only child of Westernized parents; her father was an engineer and her mother a clothing designer. She grew up in Tehrān, where she attended the Lycée Français. After the Iranian Revolution of 1979, her family’s Western way of life drew the attention of Iranian authorities, and by 1984 her parents had decided to send her to Austria to attend school. A failed relationship there exacerbated her sense of alienation and contributed to a ...(100 of 501 words)

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