Marjane Satrapi, for her part, pointed out that this award “honors all the young people who lost their lives and those who continue the fight for freedom in Iran”, in a statement shared by the Princess of Asturias Foundation.
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“It is a great honor and an immense pleasure to receive this award, although, without false modesty, I don’t really know if what I have done for humanity is so remarkable,” explained Marjane Satrapi. “I take this opportunity to celebrate the fierce struggle of my people for human rights and freedom,” added the artist, who dedicated the award to rapper Toomaj Salehi, “sentenced to death a few days ago for singing for freedom,” said Satrapi.
Committed to freedom, combative and with a strong personality, the dimension of her work transcends the artistic or literary. Persepolis tells of life in Iran after the triumph of the Islamic revolution; the success of the comic led to a no less famous film adaptation directed by Vincent Paronnaud, in which she collaborated on the screenplay: it won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for an Oscar.
Her subsequent comic, Bordados, is a dialogue in a feminist key in which the women of her family arrange the world in that oppressive environment around a cup of tea.
Her works, with that characteristic, sensitive and somewhat childish stroke, have been awarded prizes and made into films. Although she has developed her entire career in France, no one better than the new Princess of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities has told the general public about Iran in recent decades.
A few months ago, Marjane Satrapi received EL MUNDO at her home in the center of Paris, where, between cigarettes and 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 talked about humanism, religion, justice and equality. In short distances his story is also very powerful. He hates having his picture taken, he declares himself anti-social and years ago he stopped making comics because “it’s something I already know I’m good at. I want to learn new things”.
