Marjane Satrapi, creator of Perspolis, wins the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities | EUROtoday

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In the Nineties, years after the Islamic revolution broke out in Iran, a younger girl named Marjane Satrapi room Burden heading to Europe as a result of her dad and mom needed her to be educated exterior an more and more oppressive nation, the place girls had been compelled to put on the veil, freedoms have been restricted and virtually every thing was now prohibited. Almost every thing was pursued. Marji, as she was referred to as at residence, arrived in France in 1994. She left her dad and mom and her grandmother behind. I by no means got here again.

His exile, the laborious beginnings in another country whereas his personal is crumbling, he recounted in Perspoliscult comedian by which he tells his story, that of Iran, and the work that made it identified.

The author, cartoonist and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi (Rasht, 1965) has been the winner of the Princess of Asturias of Communication and Humanities 2024 for being “an essential voice for the defense of human rights and freedom”, because the jury introduced this Tuesday in Oviedo.

“Marjane Satrapi is a symbol of women-led civic engagement“, affirms the jury of the Princess of Asturias. “Due to her audacity and artistic production, she is considered one of the most influential people in the dialogue between cultures and generations. The award wishes to highlight Marjane Satrapi's talent for reinventing the relationships between art and communication, as in her graphic novel Perspolisin which he exemplarily captures the search for a more just and inclusive world.

Marjane Satrapi, for her part, pointed out that, with this award, “it honors to all of the younger individuals who misplaced their lives and to those that proceed the strugglefor freedom in Iran“, in statements shared by the Princess of Asturias Foundation.

“It is a good honor and an immense pleasure to obtain this award, though, with out false modesty, I don't actually know if what I’ve completed for humanity is so exceptional,” explained Marjane Satrapi. “I take this chance to have a good time the fierce struggle of my individuals for human rights and freedom“added the artist, who dedicated the award to rapper Toomaj Salehi, “sentenced to demise a couple of days in the past for singing about freedom,” stated Satrapi.

Combative and strong personality

Committed to freedomcombative and with a strong personality, the dimension of her work transcends the artistic or literary. Perspolis talks about life in Iran after the triumph of the Islamic revolution; The success of the comic led to a no less famous adaptation to the cine directed by Vincent Paronnaud, in which he collaborated on the script: he won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar. His later comic, Embroideryit's a dialogue in a feminist key in which the women of their family fix the world in that oppressive atmosphere around a cup of tea.

His works, with that characteristic, sensitive and somewhat childish touch, have been awarded and taken to the cinema. Although she has spent his entire career in France, there is no one better than the new award winner. Princess of Asturias of Communication and Humanities has told the general public about Iran in recent decades.

A few months ago, Marjane Satrapi She received EL MUNDO in her house in the center of Paris, where, between cigarettes and surrounded by her books and works, she analyzed what is happening in the world, from the Iranian feminist revolution to the situation in the Middle East. She spoke about humanism, religion, justice or equality. At short distances her story is also very powerful. He hates having photos taken of himdeclares himself antisocial and I stopped making comics years ago. because “it's one thing I already know I do nicely. I wish to study new issues.”

Chicken with plums, another of his comics, won the award for best work at the Angoulême comic festival. She was invested Doctor Honoris Causa by two Belgian universities and is one of the best-known filmmakers in France.

In Spanish it has just been published Woman, life, freedoma volume that coordinates and in which, through comics, tells the revolution that began in Iran after the death of Masha Amini in 2022. “The model of feminism that I like is that of details, what I do with my actions . A feminism assumed and defended by males is a cultural change. “Everyone will say that the greatest feminist revolution in the world is that of women, life and freedom, I can assure you that,” the winner of the Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities advised this medium.

Marjane Satrapi has developed her profession in France and declared that she’s going to return to Iran, however when she will be able to say that the reverse revolution that compelled her to go away the nation has triumphed. When she is free. “Of course, I know I will do it and make a movie then, but I have to go because there is nothing like Iran like Iran,” she advised this medium.


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