Marjane (مرجان) is the Persian-Arabic word for "coral" — Quranic (Surah Ar-Rahman 55:22). **Marjane Satrapi (born 1969)** is the **Iranian-French graphic novelist and filmmaker** whose autobiographical graphic novel **Persepolis (2000-2003) — about growing up during the Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq War — has become one of the most influential graphic novels in world literature**. Translated into 30+ languages; the 2007 animated film adaptation won the Cannes Jury Prize.
Among the most internationally celebrated Iranian voices.
Marjane reduces to five — the number of Persepolis author.