Athens, Greece - Marjane Satrapi for a conversation with the Greek audience at Onassis Cultural Centre. Marjane Satrapi became an international sensation when she published her memories of childhood and adolescence as a comic book, which has now been translated into over forty languages. Persepolis tells the story of a super-bright girl growing up in Iran in the 1970s as the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war impact on the life of her family and turn her world upside down. Her story continues in Vienna, where her parents will send her toâ€âÄ?they hopeâ€âÄ?live a free life. Satrapi’s relates her unusual coming of age with honesty and a disarming humour. Her talent was such that the graphic novel earned glowing reviews and comparisons to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, perhaps the greatest comic of the 20th century. A few years later, Satrapi’s - ZUMAv62_ 20161130_zaf_v62_003

November 30, 2016 - Athens, Greece - Marjane Satrapi for a conversation with the Greek audience at Onassis Cultural Centre. Marjane Satrapi became an international sensation when she published her memories of childhood and adolescence as a comic book, which has now been translated into over forty languages. Persepolis tells the story of a super-bright girl growing up in Iran in the 1970s as the Islamic Revolution and the Iran-Iraq war impact on the life of her family and turn her world upside down. Her story continues in Vienna, where her parents will send her toâ€âÄ?they hopeâ€âÄ?live a free life. Satrapi’s relates her unusual coming of age with honesty and a disarming humour. Her talent was such that the graphic novel earned glowing reviews and comparisons to Art Spiegelman’s Maus, perhaps the greatest comic of the 20th century. A few years later, Satrapi’s - ZUMAv62_ 20161130_zaf_v62_003