Iranian-French author Marjane Satrapi has rejected France's Legion of Honour award, citing France's 'hypocritical attitude' ...

and graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi confessed she had originally thought that adapting her autobiographical comic Persepolis for film was a terrible idea. “I always thought that was the worst ...

Born in Iran, Marjane Satrapi is a graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator and film director best known for her graphic novel and its film adaptation Persepolis. The Legion of Honour was founded by ...

French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film "Persopolis", has refused the French legion d'honneur over the country's "hypocrisy" in its dealings with Iran.

Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran, and currently lives in Paris. She has written several children’s books and her commentary and comics appear in newspapers and magazines around the ...

Marjane Satrapi arrived in France in 1994 and gained French nationality in 2006. In July, she was awarded the Legion of Honour, France's highest order of merit, but the graphic novel author and ...

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The works in this striking soon-to-close exhibition are diverse, but the show as a whole never arrives at a coherent point about the agony of uprootedness.

French-Iranian artist Marjane Satrapi has unveiled a nearly 30-foot long tapestry commissioned to mark the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Satrapi—known best for her graphic novel Persepolis ...