Facts: - caption: satrapi at the 2008 cannes film festival - area: artist and writer - awards: full list - birth date: 22 november 1969 - name: marjane satrapi - nationality: french and iranian - image: marjane satrapi cannes 2008.jpg - birth place: rasht , iran Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of marjane satrapi .
marjane satrapi -lrb- persian : -rrb- -lrb- born 22 november 1969 -rrb- is an iranian-born french graphic novelist , illustrator , film director , and children 's book author .