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Marina Nemat

Marina Nemat
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Marina Nemat

Marina Nemat grew up in Tehran, Iran. In 1991, she emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, where she now lives with her husband, Andre, and their two sons.

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Meet Marina Nemat
Jun 27, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 2 from Prisoner of Tehran
Jan 30, 2009
Prisoner of Tehran will be released on May 06, 2008 in Trade Paperback
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Prisoner of Tehran will be released on May 01, 2007 in Hardcover
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Chapter 2 from Prisoner of Tehran
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Author to speak about Prisoner in Tehran
Quinte West EMC, February 28, 2013
...EMC Entertainment Quinte West - Well-known author Marina Nemat will be reading from her books Prisoner in Tehran: A Memoir and After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed at the Quinte West library on Saturday, March 9 at 2 p...
100 Bestselling books of 2012
Toronto Star Online, December 28, 2012
...To Heaven and Back, Mary C. Neal, WaterBrook 9.Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown 10.Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat,...
Interview with Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed
Tandem News, November 22, 2012
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Writers & Friends
Northumberland Today, October 18, 2012
...an engaging and relevant event. Writers & Friends line-up offers both a Canadian and an international perspective: • Marina Nemat, writer and human rights activist, recipient of the inaugural Human Dignity Award from the European Parliament, author...
Assault tale captures CBC nonfiction writing prize
CBC, July 23, 2012
...Holy Bald-Headed. "Holy Bald-Headed breaks your heart," the jury, comprising acclaimed writers Charles Foran, Charlotte Gill and Marina Nemat, said in a statement. "It tells of a grandfather, a car, and a terrible thing that happens to a teenage girl....
Assault tale captures CBC nonfiction writing prize Jul 23, 2012 10:01 AM ET A Toronto writer and filmmaker has won the 2012 CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize for a tale jurors dubbed "equal parts tender and brutal."
CBC, July 23, 2012
...Holy Bald-Headed. "Holy Bald-Headed breaks your heart," the jury, comprising acclaimed writers Charles Foran, Charlotte Gill and Marina Nemat, said in a statement. "It tells of a grandfather, a car, and a terrible thing that happens to a teenage girl....
Dark days in Iran
Globe and Mail, July 20, 2012
...drowning in darkness, which has been the fate of the people of Iran for the past 33 years. Marina Nemat is the author of The Prisoner of Tehran. Subscribe now and get The Globe and Mail the way you want it. Enjoy the convenience of having The Globe and...
Marina Nemat: Zero Dark Thirty's Disturbing Flirt With Evil
Huffington Post, January 11, 2013
...The thick cable lands on the soles of my bare feet. I can't breathe. Panic sets in. But I can't run or defend myself. I'm a 16-year-old girl, tied up to a torture bed in Evin prison in Tehran and the man who's lashing me is very angry. "Where is...
Marina Nemat: Zero Dark Thirty's Disturbing Flirt With Evil
One News Page, January 11, 2013
...The thick cable lands on the soles of my bare feet. I can't breathe. Panic sets in. But I can't run or defend myself. I'm a 16-year-old girl, tied up to a torture bed in Evin prison in Tehran and the man who's lashing me is very angry. "Where is...
100 Bestselling books of 2012
Toronto Star Online, December 28, 2012
...To Heaven and Back, Mary C. Neal, WaterBrook 9.Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown 10.Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat,...
Filmmakers taking more chances on difficult novels: Howell
Toronto Star Online, December 13, 2012
...s Fifty Dead Men Walking (2008). She’s currently working on the screen version of Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat’s memoir about growing up in Iran. The conversation was a conference telephone call, with Harron in New York, Skogland in Toronto and...
Interview with Marina Nemat, author of Prisoner of Tehran and After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed
Tandem News, November 22, 2012
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Ewan McGregor & Evan Rachel Wood In Talks For Iranian Drama
Filmink, October 30, 2012
...in pre-production. Ewan McGregor and Evan Rachel Wood have signed on to supporting roles in an adaptation of Marina Nemat’s compelling memoir, Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman's Story of Survival Inside an Iranian Prison, which takes place in the midst...
Ewan McGregor And Evan Rachel Wood Up For Prisoner Of Tehran
Cinema Blend, October 24, 2012
...You may not know the incredible tale of bravery that is Marina Nemat's, but you will as Intandem Films is turning her memoir Prisoner of Tehran: One Woman's Story of Survival Inside an Iranian Prison into a sure-to-be-compelling drama. Nemat...