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Marjane Satrapi will be the last speaker in the Portland Arts and Lecture Series from Literary Arts. Satrapi was born in Rasht, Iran, and grew up in Tehran. Her illustrated books, "Persepolis" (2003) and "Persepolis 2" (2004), chronicle the undulating path of her childhood before, during and after the Islamic Revolution of the 1970s. "Persepolis" has won several prestigious comic book awards and in 2007 was released as an animated feature film, which won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival. $26 general, $20 for students, teachers and seniors, and $10 upper balcony. For tickets, visit ww.literary-arts.org or call 503-227-2583.