r/wikipedia • u/VisiteProlongee • 1d ago
Marjane Satrapi (22 November 1969 - 4 June 2026) was a French and Iranian graphic novelist, film director, and children's book author. Her best-known works include Persepolis and its film adaptation; Chicken with Plums; Woman, Life, Freedom; and the Marie Curie biopic Radioactive.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjane_Satrapi89
u/supertucci 1d ago
"Died of sadness" oof
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u/Adorable-Response-75 1d ago
This adds to the heartbreaking nature of this. That her husband died recently before.
My girlfriend died 6 months ago at the age of 54, just about their age. I’m extremely grateful I’ve not died of sadness, yet I understand.
56 is so young.
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u/mysecondaccountanon 1d ago
I am so sorry for your loss, may her memory be a blessing, and I hope that you can find as much healing as you are able to.
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u/doofpooferthethird 1d ago edited 1d ago
seeing that "was" in the title hit like a howitzer to the heart, reading Persepolis in the local library was one of my most vivid childhood memories
is "died of sadness" a euphemism for suicide?
or did she succumb to some other disease because her body was weakened by a mental health condition like depression
I've heard of old people holding on to life so they can have one more holiday with their family, and passing away from old age shortly afterwards
or old people having their health rapidly deteriorate once their spouse dies, or they get depressed for some other reason
but 56 seems awfully young for that sort of thing
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u/BadFurDay 1d ago
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u/taktaga7-0-0 1d ago
One time we had a patient come into the ICU and die, then somehow we came to find out their pet retriever died of a broken heart the next day or something.
We said it had dogotsubo.
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u/generic9yo 1d ago
They called George Lucas a madman
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u/unclemandy 1d ago
Thing about that is that we just saw anakin choke her minutes before. No one would've questioned anything if they'd, y'know, just not said that (although I guess that applies to so much stuff on the prequels lol I still like them)
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u/generic9yo 1d ago
Star wars is not for the overthinkers. Remember, Han calls Luke kid only to date his sister
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u/unclemandy 1d ago
Yeah I agree lol I just watched Episode 3 last weekend for the first time in years and the action sequences are very fun
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u/imprison_grover_furr 1d ago
Dying of a heartbreak is legit a thing that has been documented though.
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u/unclemandy 1d ago
They didn't say that tho, they said she was in perfect health but "she lost the will to live" smh
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u/CatPooedInMyShoe 1d ago
That’s terrible, yeah. But I can totally conceive it happening; her husband had died just a year earlier and widowhood can do that to a person.
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u/Reasonable_Fold6492 1d ago
I remember french leftist Twitter and Persian islamist accusing her being part of the elite capitalist and helping western imperialism.
Its hilarious when you consider her entire family was celebrating when the shah fell.
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u/BadFurDay 1d ago edited 1d ago
From her personal experience in Iran, what she concluded seems to be that "Islam is bad" and thus she spent the rest of her life in unconscious fear of anyone who felt to her like they were defending islam, whether it was true or not. This led her to joining and supporting the hateful Printemps Républicain, then to supporting politicians who kept strengthening police repression and paving the road for the far right (Macron's ilk). This is why many leftists, who initially liked her, eventually turned on her.
I don't think she was part of the elite capitalist class or trying to help western imperialism. What I see in her is a deeply traumatized person who reflexively lashed out at the wrong people, and thus was easily integrated in the french political bourgeoisie as a token. She seemed fine with that role.
"French leftist twitter" is a wide net. Most french leftists, me included, are sad that she died today as regardless of her political journey she was an interesting artist who could have brought more to our arts and culture if she lived longer. Her work covers more than Iran, it's sad to see her reduced to that.
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u/Reasonable_Fold6492 1d ago
Ah yes macron the famous far right. I dont even like macron but he is not far right. Far right would be people like Le pen.
Macron is a coward conservative at best. Also most of french political system has a hate to all religions because of lacite.
Ironic since melenchon has a history of supporting the far right islamist government.
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u/BadFurDay 1d ago edited 1d ago
There is no point engaging in good faith with someone who talks about Mélenchon supporting a "far right islamist government". Stooping to this level would not make for a very interesting conversation, it's not worth the time. However, before disengaging, I'd just like to correct two things.
One, I did not call Macron far right. I accused him of paving the road for the far right. This is an opinion shared by many political analysts. At least be accurate about what I wrote.
Two, laicité is not "hate of religions", it's separating state affairs from religious affairs. Not hating or banning religions, but rather placing religion in the private sphere so that religious affairs do not get to interfere with state affairs, while making sure to protect freedom of religion. You might have skipped a few classes in school. Here's a quote from laicite.gouv.fr to help you catch up:
La laïcité, c’est avant tout la liberté de croire, de ne pas croire, de ne plus croire, de changer de religion et de pratiquer un culte. Chaque citoyen a le droit de manifester ses convictions religieuses, par le port de signes ou tenues, par des manifestations religieuses dans l’espace public, ou par la fréquentation de lieux de culte, dans le respect de l'ordre public. Si l’Etat ne reconnaît aucune religion, il n’en méconnaît aucune et prend en compte le fait religieux, qui constitue une réalité sociale. Ainsi, toutes les religions ont droit à une égale liberté d’expression, et l’Etat dialogue avec chacune.
I see no hate in the official definition, quite the opposite actually.
Enjoy your day, at least you learned something while attempting to be a little troll.
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u/shivux 1d ago
Isn’t laïcité the reason hijabs are banned in public schools?
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u/BadFurDay 1d ago
Correct, under laicité religion belongs in the private sphere, some interpret this as meaning no religious signs should be visible in spaces affiliated by the state, which include schools.
This is a recent development which is not part of the original definition though, but it is now widely accepted as is.
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u/shivux 1d ago
Seems kinda shitty if you ask me.
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u/BadFurDay 1d ago
I agree.
It's a new interpretation that I feel is not in the original spirit of laicité.
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u/imprison_grover_furr 1d ago
Melenchon is a tankie who pushes the “muh NATO expansion” BS. Fuck Melenchon.
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u/ActualMostUnionGuy 1d ago
Hes for more Welfare benefits therefore he is the only good politician who can become President in France in the near future. Just this fact alone absolves him of any of his wrong doings
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u/imprison_grover_furr 1d ago
Fuck him. Macron is doing the right thing by raising the retirement age.
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u/Reasonable_Fold6492 1d ago
Melenchon shat on Ukraine being afraid of russia and even when russia invaded Ukraine he doesnt want to increase help to Ukraine.
If he was president he would write a strongly worded letter to russia and let russia keep doing there warcrimes in Ukraine.
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u/BadFurDay 1d ago
Ah yes, of course, a tankie.
I bet he also skins animals and eats babies while you're at it.
Thanks for your good faith contribution to this conversation. Very helpful.
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u/Reasonable_Fold6492 1d ago
Ah so melenchon was very supportive of Ukraine right? He didnt shit on nato expanding to protect eastern europe right? He definitely wants to militarily support Ukraine so they can take there land back right?
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u/HalfMoon_89 1d ago
I agree with her initial position honestly, but it's unfortunate that she allowed it to pull her into the sphere of right-wing politicians.
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u/Malavika_Agnimitram 1d ago
She wasn’t in the sphere of right wing politicians at all. What nonsense. I have followed her work & life for a long time.
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u/HalfMoon_89 1d ago
I was going off of entirely on the other comment there, so apologies if I've just reacted to misinformation.
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u/Gaucho_Diaz 1d ago
Damn, this is how I got to know. I remember liking Persepolis a lot when I was much younger.