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Get the latest newsMarjane Satrapi is an Iranian-born French graphic novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children’s book author. She created Persepolis, an autobiographical graphic novel about her childhood through early adult in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. It was later adapted to an animation of the same name.
Laura Martin’s (’17) doodle from Satrapi’s talk.
Satrapi was the first Leslie Speaker Series at Dartmouth for the new season. The series is “dedicated to bringing in voices from a diversity of cultures, from within and without the United Sates.”
Sandra Bartholomew’s (’17) sketch notes from Satrapi’s talk
After Persepolis, she continued her memoirs with Embroideries, about her female relatives discussing their lives in Iran; and Chickens with Plums about her uncle, the lute player, who is ready to die after he realizes he cannot replace his broken lute.
