Markiyan Kamysh
Markiyan Kamysh | |
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| Born | 19 October 1988 Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | Ukrainian |
| Genre | Ukrainian literature |
| Notable works | Stalking the Atomic City: Life among the decadent and the depraved of Chornobyl |
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Markiyan Kamysh (Ukrainian: Маркіян Камиш, born 19 October 1988) is a Ukrainian novelist, best known for his works about the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and its environs.
Biography
[edit]Kamysh's father was a Chernobyl liquidator.[1] From 2005-2009, Kamysh studied history at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He is the author of seven novels, the most famous of which are works about and around Chernobyl.[2] From 2010–2021, he was an illegal stalker (he calls himself a "pilgrim") of multiple areas in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, including Pripyat, smaller surrounding villages, and the power plant itself.[3][4][5][6] In 2022, after the Russian invasion began, he joined the Ukrainian military and was retired in September, 2024.[7][8][better source needed]
Stalking the Atomic City
[edit]Stalking the Atomic City is a novel written by Kamysh about his experiences illegally exploring the exclusion zone.[9]
External links
[edit]- Duckweed (a short story).
- The River (a short story).
- An essay for the BOMB magazine.
- Pripyat Underground.
References
[edit]- ^ "Маркіян Камиш, письменник". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
- ^ Jordison, Sam (2022-07-09). "Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh review – in search of meaning in Chornobyl's forbidden wasteland". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
- ^ ""Чорнобильська зона - моє призначення" - письменник Маркіян Камиш". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
- ^ "Маркіян Камиш: Немає ніякої Зони. Зона в наших головах - 5 Січня 2016 - Статті | Litcentr". litcentr.in.ua. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ ""La zone interdite de Tchernobyl est l'endroit le plus exotique sur Terre!"". www.20minutes.fr (in French). 25 April 2016. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ ""Чому я ходжу в Чорнобильську зону" - розповідь нелегала". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
- ^ "Armed Forces of Ukraine". Instagram (in Ukrainian). 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
- ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
- ^ "Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
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