Iranian writer/illustrator Marjane Satrapi is, according to Bernadette Murphy in the Los Angeles Times, "a voice calling out to the rest of us, reminding us to embrace this child's fervent desire that human dignity reign supreme." In her 2003 graphic...

Marjane Satrapi, the author of the graphic memoir-novels Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon, $17.95) and the recently released Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Pantheon, $17.95), bears a striking resemblance to her cartoon alter ego. Like her comic heroine, Satrapi in...

Marjane Satrapi. Chicken with Plums. Anjali Singh, tr. New York. Pantheon. 2006. 84 pages, ill. $16.95. ISBN 0-375-42415-6 MARJANE SATRAPI is most famous for her two-part autobiographical work, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (2003) and Persepolis II: The Story of a...

The movies in competition at the Cannes Film Festival as announced Thursday, listed by director and director's nationality, followed by special out-of-compeition showings. Festival runs May 16-27.___In Competition:"My Blueberry Nights," Wong Kar-wai, China (opening night film)"Auf Der Anderen Seite" ("On the Other Side"), Fatih Akin,...

When The Observer recently asked Persepolis director Vincent Paronnaud about his working relationship with co-director Marjane Satrapi, author of the best-selling graphic memoirs that inspired their new film, the French comic artist shyly admitted that it was perfection. “[We’re a] dream team—we are very complementary,”...

In the following review, Notkin lauds Marjane Satrapi's frank autobiographical perspective in Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood, noting that “Satrapi's unswerving commitment to the complex truth over the comfortable platitude will shake your expectations.”