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Marjane Satrapi is the celebrated author of the critically acclaimed and bestselling graphic memoir, Persepolis, a New York Times Notable Book that chronicles Satrapi’s young life in Iran where she witnessed the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war. Satrapi is the author of many other graphic novels and has directed several ...
Oct 30, 2007 · After reading Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir, Persepolis, I believe it is in the best interests of our students to add the book to our available reading list. Persepolis is Satrapi’s account of growing up during the Iran-Iraq War (1980-88) that almost immediately followed the Iranian Revolution (1979).
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 world, including The New York Times and The New Yorker. She is the author of the internationally best-selling and award-winning comic book ...
About The Complete Persepolis. 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • Persepolis is a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most beloved graphic novels of all time. For the first time in hardcover, this stunning edition examines the Iranian political landscape in the context of global politics today. • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE ...
Oct 14, 2022 · A conversation with Marjane Satrapi – even over opposite ends of a zoom call – is a stimulating experience. Marjane is the author of multi-million selling graphic novel Persepolis, a cartoon-style book based on her Tehran childhood and adolescence that has, since its publication in 2000, become a global phenomenon. For so many people ...
By recounting her life story of growing up in Iran and emigrating to Europe, and by telling it in graphic-novel form, Marjane Satrapi has become an unusual ambassador for her native country. She has also become a spokeswoman for greater freedom there and a voice against war and for cross-cultural understanding.
Apr 29, 2003 · MARJANE SATRAPI was born in Rasht, Iran. She now lives in Paris, where she is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers throughout the world, including The New Yorker and The New York Times. She is the author of Persepolis, Persepolis 2, Embroideries, Chicken with Plums, and several children's books.
