Marjane Satrapi, author of comic-book memoir Persepolis, dies aged 56

Paris: Marjane Satrapi, the Iranian-French author whose graphic novel series Persepolis introduced millions of readers to the struggles of ordinary Iranians during the turbulent years around the Islamic Revolution, has died at 56. The office of President Emmanuel Macron of France announced her death in a statement Thursday, but did not specify where, when or how.

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