Marjane’s work was so influential to so many of us of a certain age.
How it felt to read Persepolis for the first time. The fires it lit for illustrators and storytellers.
The way she illuminated the lives of people we were taught to view as Other, yet should have been obvious all along.
@nytimes.comBreaking News: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series “Persepolis” illuminated the struggles of Iranians during the Islamic Revolution, died at 56.
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Marjane Satrapi, Author of ‘Persepolis,’ Dies at 56
Her graphic novel series, published in English in 2003, followed an Iranian girl through the Islamic revolution and the Iran-Iraq War. The work helped millions relate to Iranians.