Writing Persepolis
Writing a Graphic Novel is Like Making a Movie
People always ask me, "Why didn't you write a book?" But that's what Persepolis is. To me, a book is pages related to something that has a cover. Graphic novels are not traditional literature, but that does not mean they are second-rate. Images are a way of writing. When you have the talent to be able to write and to draw it seems a shame to choose one. I think it's better to do both. More
About the Author
- "Never mind the mullahs" An interview with Marjane Satrapi
Mother Jones: Iran protested that Persepolis was included at Cannes. I understand you stay out of Iran completely these days. Marjane Satrapi: It is not as if they have sent me letters saying, "If you come back we will do this or that... - Marjane Satrapi Biography From: Current Biography International Yearbook (2003). The only child of upper-middle-class parents, Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran, and grew up in Tehran, the nation's capital. Marjane's father worked as an engineer...
- Bookslut's feature interview with Marjane Satrapi I can live fifty years in France and my affection will always be with Iran.
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