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Marjane Satrapi, the French-Iranian author and illustrator behind the popular graphic novel series and film \u201cPersopolis,\u201d has died, the French presidency said Thursday. She was 56.<\/p>\n

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Satrapi\u2019s graphic novel series recounted her early years growing up in Tehran against the backdrop of the 1979 revolution, before being sent to Europe by her parents. She was an outspoken critic of Iran\u2019s theocratic government and advocate for women\u2019s rights.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHer passing marks the loss of a leading figure in French culture and an artist deeply committed to freedom,\u201d the French presidency said in a statement. It said Satrapi was \u201ca great artist who transformed an Iranian childhood into a universal fable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The acclaimed author \u201cdied of sadness,\u201d her family told the Agence France-Presse news agency.<\/p>\n

The statement said the author had \u201cdied of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,\u201d the AFP reported. Further details of her death were not immediately available.<\/p>\n

Ripa, a Swedish producer, actor and screenwriter, died in April of last year. <\/p>\n

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In a series of recent posts on a verified Instagram page for Satrapi, the words \u201cFor I lost the love of my life\u201d were spelled out. <\/p>\n

Satrapi was known as an outspoken critic of Iran\u2019s theocratic government and her graphic novels highlighted the challenges she faced under the restrictions enforced by Iran\u2019s Islamic leadership following the Iranian revolution, which saw the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty about a decade after the author was born. <\/p>\n

She arrived in France in the mid-1990s, before gaining French nationality in 2006, according to AFP.<\/p>\n

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Millions of copies of Persepolis have been sold since the series were published in the early 2000s, propelling Satrapi to become one of the best-selling Iranian authors in the world. <\/p>\n

She also became the first woman to be nominated for an animated feature film Oscar for the popular adaptation of her series, according to the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.<\/p>\n

Tributes began to pour in on Thursday morning as news of the author\u2019s death spread.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMarjane was a true artist and advocate for Iranian women and freedom,\u201d British-Iranian journalist Christiane Amanpour said in a post on X. Amanpour, CNN\u2019s Chief International Anchor, noted that Satrapi \u201cdisrupted literature with her wildly successful autobiographical graphic novel.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGreat sadness upon hearing of the passing of my friend Marjane Satrapi. She was a great artist, comics creator, painter, filmmaker, but above all a passionate and committed woman,\u201d Val\u00e9rie P\u00e9cresse, president of the regional council of \u00cele-de-France, said in a post on X on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom Persepolis to her biopic of Marie Curie, \u201cRadioactive,\u201d she established herself as a major voice in the defense of democracy and women\u2019s rights in Iran and around the world,\u201d she said, adding that Satrapi had been \u201cdeeply affected\u201d by the death of her husband. <\/p>\n

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