Who was Marjane Satrapi’s husband? Persepolis author dies at 56, a year after her husband’s death

Born in Iran and brought up in Europe, particularly in France, international graphic novelist and the director of the Rosamund Pike starrer drama film, Radioactive, Marjane Satrapi, took her last breath on June 4, 2026, just a year after her husband, Mattias Ripa, passed away in April 2025. According to The Guardian, Satrapi, who was 56, as reportedly stated by her relatives and family, died because of sadness.

Marjane Satrapi's social media posts following Ripa's death indicated and revealed that she was mourning her husband. After her husband's passing, Satrapi's Instagram handle at the time showed posts about how she misses him. A phrase that could frequently be seen on her Instagram profile read:

"For I lost the love of my life."

Born to an engineer father and a mother who was a designer, Marjane became an influential figure not only as an author, but also as an artist of immense calibre.

While Satrapi was a crucial figure in art, culture, and politics, her husband, Mattias Ripa, according to Academie Des Beaux-Arts, was a Swedish economist, actor, and film producer.

From the French President to renowned French journalist, all pay tribute to Marjane Satrapi

As cited by The Guardian, from the French President to high-ranking French government officials, pay tribute to Marjane Satrapi following her unfortunate death. President of France, Emmanuel Macron, said:

Satrapi was "a great artist who turned her Iranian childhood into a universal tale. With her childlike perspective, her irony, her tenderness, her inner demons, the author created a moving world with which readers identified."

The president of the French National Assembly, Yael Braun-Pivet, took to X (formerly Twitter) and wrote:

"Marjane Satrapi had turned her work into an act of freedom. With Persepolis, she had given a face and a voice to the Iranian revolution, proudly carrying the fight for women’s freedom and dignity. France loses an immense artist. To her family, to her loved ones, I offer my most sincere thoughts."

Tristane Banon, a prominent journalist in France, wrote on X:

"Marjane … you won’t call me to wish me a happy birthday and “celebrate those little cheeks that I adore”… and I can’t get over it. You were freedom and determination. Courage too. One day, the Iranian people will be free, with you and as much as you."

The Regional Council of Île-de-France, Valérie Pécresse, said:

"Great sadness upon hearing of the passing of my friend Marjane Satrapi. She was a great artist, comics creator, painter, film-maker, but above all a passionate and committed woman."

Pécresse further added:

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"From Persepolis to her biopic of Marie Curie, Radioactive, she established herself as a major voice in the defense of democracy and women’s rights in Iran and around the world. The death of her companion had deeply affected her. I think with affection of her loved ones and her family."

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