Marjane Satrapi | Paul Holdengraber

Please note this event will begin at 8:00pm.

Marjane Satrapi mesmerized audiences with her poignant graphic memoir Persepolis, a narrative that was at once personal and political. Satrapi joins Paul Holdengräber to discuss the unique challenges and rewards inherent in narratives of social protest, and offers a sneak peek of her new film, The Voices.

Produced with support from the British Council and in partnership with the IRCPL at Columbia University. The nature of personal narratives in the context of social movements will also be the topic of conversation in an afternoon session on Friday, October 17 at Columbia University, featuring academics, memoirists, and journalists. Please visit IRCPL.org for details.

MARJANE SATRAPI rose to fame in 2000 with the success of her graphic novel Persepolis, a story about her youth in Iran in the 1970s and '80s. Published in France, the novel won several prestigious comic book awards, including Prix Alph’art Coup de Coeur at Angoulême, Prix du Lion in Belgium, Prix Alph’art du meilleur scénario, and the Prix France Info, and was named one of the "100 Best Books of the Decade" by The Times (London). The animated film adaptation of Persepolis garnered international acclaim, including the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film, and won two Cesar Awards for Best First Film and Best Adaptation. Satrapi’s other literary works include Monsters Are Afraid of the Moon, a children’s book, Embroideries, and Chicken with Plums, which was turned into an award-winning live action film. She has worked on a number of films, such as Gang of the Jotas and The Voices, which stars Ryan Reynolds and will be released this year. A painter in her free time, her work has been exhibited at the Grand Palais in Paris (October 2011) and Galerie Jerôme de Noirmont (January 2013).

A note to our patrons: this program will begin promptly at 8p.m. We recommend arriving twenty minutes before the scheduled start time to get to your seats. In order to minimize disturbances to other audience members, we are unable to provide late seating.

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