French-Iranian author Marjane Satrapi, author of ‘Persepolis’, dies at 56

法伊裔作家、《我在伊朗长大》作者玛赞·莎塔碧去世，享年56岁

French-Iranian author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi, best known for the book and film “Persepolis”, has died of “sadness”, members of her entourage said Thursday. She was 56. 法伊裔作家兼插画家玛赞·莎塔碧（Marjane Satrapi）因“悲伤”离世，享年56岁。她的随行人员于周四证实了这一消息。她以书籍及同名电影《我在伊朗长大》（Persepolis）而闻名于世。

Franco-Iranian author and film director Marjane Satrapi, renowned for her graphic novel and film “Persepolis”, has died aged 56, a year after the passing of “the love of her life”, a member of her close circle said on Thursday. “Marjane Satrapi died of sadness a little over a year after the death of Mattias Ripa, her husband and the love of her life,” they said in a statement sent to AFP. 这位以图像小说和电影《我在伊朗长大》而享誉国际的法伊裔作家兼导演玛赞·莎塔碧于周四去世，享年56岁。据其核心圈子的一位成员透露，她在“一生挚爱”去世一年后离世。他们在发给法新社的声明中表示：“玛赞·莎塔碧在她的丈夫、她的一生挚爱马蒂亚斯·里帕（Mattias Ripa）去世一年多后，因悲伤而离世。”

Born in 1969 in Rasht in northern Iran, Satrapi arrived in France in 1994 and gained French nationality in 2006. An outspoken critic of Iran’s theocratic government, Satrapi’s “Persepolis” recounts her early life in Tehran, struggling with restrictions imposed by Iran’s Islamic leadership after the 1979 revolution before her parents sent her to Europe and she began a life in exile. 莎塔碧1969年出生于伊朗北部城市拉什特，1994年来到法国，并于2006年获得法国国籍。作为伊朗神权政府的直言不讳的批评者，莎塔碧在《我在伊朗长大》中讲述了她在德黑兰的早年生活，记录了她在1979年革命后伊朗伊斯兰领导层施加的限制下所经历的挣扎，随后她的父母将她送往欧洲，她从此开始了流亡生活。

French President Emmanuel Macron paid tribute to Satrapi, saying she was “a great artist who turned her Iranian childhood into a universal tale”. The films she directed included a 2007 adaptation of the graphic novel of “Persepolis” – co-directed by Vincent Paronnaud – which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar. 法国总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙向莎塔碧致敬，称她是一位“将自己的伊朗童年转化为普世故事的伟大艺术家”。她执导的电影包括2007年改编自其图像小说的《我在伊朗长大》（与文森特·帕兰诺共同执导），该片曾获得戛纳电影节评审团奖，并获得奥斯卡提名。

“Even if this is a universal film, I want to dedicate this prize to all Iranians,” Satrapi said at the time. “Marjane was an extraordinary artist and a charming woman who embodied the joy of creation and the sorrow of exile and painful memories. We mourn her this morning,” Cannes festival supremo Thierry Fremaux told AFP. “尽管这是一部普世的电影，但我还是想把这个奖项献给所有的伊朗人，”莎塔碧当时说道。戛纳电影节主席蒂埃里·弗雷莫（Thierry Fremaux）告诉法新社：“玛赞是一位非凡的艺术家，也是一位迷人的女性，她体现了创作的快乐以及流亡和痛苦记忆的悲伤。今天早上，我们为她哀悼。”

‘Her courage will resonate’ “她的勇气将产生共鸣”

She was a vocal supporter of the protests that erupted in the Islamic republic after the 2022 death of 22-year-old Iranian Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini while in custody for allegedly breaching the dress code for women. She curated a collection of graphic stories on the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement in her latest book that came out in English in 2024, and was among those at a protest in Paris that same year to mark two years since Amini’s death. 她是2022年伊朗库尔德族女性玛莎·阿米尼（Mahsa Amini）因涉嫌违反女性着装规定在拘留期间死亡后，该国爆发的抗议活动的坚定支持者。她在2024年出版的最新英文著作中策划了一系列关于“女性、生命、自由”运动的图像故事，并于同年参加了在巴黎举行的纪念阿米尼逝世两周年的抗议活动。

“It’s very important that this regime disappears,” she said of the Islamic republic, but she stressed it could not happen overnight. “I think it’s important to remain hopeful.” 谈到伊朗伊斯兰共和国时，她说：“这个政权的消失非常重要，”但她强调这不可能一蹴而就。“我认为保持希望很重要。”

The foundation of Narges Mohammadi, the jailed Iranian Nobel peace prize winner, praised Satrapi as “a fearless voice for feminism, human rights, and freedom”. “She consistently advocated for women’s rights, standing in solidarity with the people of Iran and amplifying the message of the Woman, Life, Freedom movement on the global stage,” it said. “Her courage will continue to resonate far beyond her lifetime.” 被监禁的伊朗诺贝尔和平奖得主纳尔格斯·穆罕默迪（Narges Mohammadi）的基金会称赞莎塔碧是“女权主义、人权和自由的无畏声音”。声明称：“她始终倡导妇女权利，与伊朗人民站在一起，并在全球舞台上放大了‘女性、生命、自由’运动的声音。她的勇气将超越她的生命，继续产生共鸣。”

Also a painter, in 2020 Satrapi exhibited a series of works she said she had spent the past seven years painting between other projects, speaking of a need to isolate herself from the world with her canvases. “I think my mental health depends on it,” she said. 莎塔碧也是一位画家。2020年，她展出了一系列作品，称自己是在过去七年里利用其他项目之间的空隙创作的，并谈到需要通过画布将自己与世界隔离开来。“我认为我的心理健康依赖于此，”她说。

She said she believed in being a feminist through her actions. “If I show that I know how to do things just as well as – or even better than – a man, then I’ve won the battle and I can be an example for the girl who will come after me,” she said. 她说，她相信通过行动来践行女权主义。“如果我能证明我做事情做得和男人一样好，甚至比男人更好，那么我就赢得了这场战斗，我就可以成为后来者的榜样，”她说。

‘Love of my life’ “我的一生挚爱”

She said last year she had turned down France’s highest civilian honour, the legion d’honneur, accusing the country of “hypocrisy” over visa policies that prevented dissidents travelling from Iran to France. “I can’t ignore what I see as a hypocritical attitude towards Iran, which forged the other part of my identity,” she wrote, adding that she meant no disrespect to the award and that she loved France “deeply”. 去年，她表示拒绝接受法国最高平民荣誉——法国荣誉军团勋章，指责法国在签证政策上存在“虚伪”，这些政策阻碍了异见人士从伊朗前往法国。她写道：“我无法忽视我认为对伊朗采取的虚伪态度，而伊朗塑造了我身份的另一部分。”她补充说，她对该奖项并无不敬，并且“深爱”法国。

Her work expanded beyond stories connected to Iran, including “Radioactive”, a 2019 biopic about pioneering radioactivity researcher and Nobel-prize winner Marie Curie, starring Rosamund Pike. Her husband, a Swedish producer, actor and screenwriter, had been a long-time collaborator. After his death on April 8 last year, Satrapi founded the Mattias and Marjane Ripa-Satrapi Cinema Foundation to support foreign students wishing to come to Paris to study filmmaking. 她的作品不仅限于与伊朗相关的故事，还包括2019年的传记片《放射性物质》（Radioactive），该片讲述了放射性研究先驱、诺贝尔奖得主玛丽·居里的故事，由罗莎蒙德·派克主演。她的丈夫是一位瑞典制片人、演员和编剧，也是她长期的合作伙伴。在他于去年4月8日去世后，莎塔碧创立了“马蒂亚斯与玛赞·里帕-莎塔碧电影基金会”，以支持希望来巴黎学习电影制作的外国学生。

Since he died, Satrapi’s Instagram page consisted almost exclusively of a series of images spelling out “For I lost the love of my life”, along with a picture of her husband and an announcement of the foundation. 自他去世后，莎塔碧的Instagram页面几乎只发布了一系列拼写出“因为我失去了我的一生挚爱”的图片，以及她丈夫的照片和基金会的公告。