Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis creator, dies at 56

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Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis creator, dies at 56
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Marjane Satrapi, the Franco-Iranian author of Persepolis and filmmaker, has died in Paris at 56. Her autobiographical graphic novel and its Oscar-nominated film chronicled a Tehran childhood through the 1979 Revolution and made her a global cultural figure; a vocal critic of Iran's government, she lived in France since the 1990s.

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