Iranian French artist, author, animator and Oscar-nominated director Marjane Satrapi, best known for her 2007 biographical animated feature Persepolis, is no more. She was 56.

Satrapi was “a great artist who transformed an Iranian childhood into a universal fable,” the French presidency said Thursday.

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Iranian French artist, animator and Oscar-nominated director Marjane Satrapi, best known internationally for her 2007 ...