Markiyan Kamysh
Born (1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 35)
Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union
OccupationAuthor
LanguageUkrainian
GenreUkrainian literature
Notable worksStalking the Atomic City: Life among the decadent and the depraved of Chornobyl

Markiyan Kamysh (Ukrainian: Маркіян Камиш, born 19 October 1988) is a Ukrainian author, known for his excursions into the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.

Biography

Kamysh is the only person who represents the Chernobyl underground in literature.[1][2][3][better source needed] His father was a Chernobyl liquidator, nuclear physicist, and design engineer of the Institute for Nuclear Research who died in 2003.[4] From 2005-2009, Kamysh studied history at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, but dropped out before graduating to become a writer. From 2010–2021, he was an illegal stalker of multiple areas in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, including Pripyat, smaller surrounding villages, and the power plant itself.[1][5][6][7] In 2022, after the Russian invasion began, he joined the Ukrainian military.[8]

Stalking the Atomic City

Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl is a book written by Kamysh about his experiences illegally exploring the exclusion zone.[9] The book has been available online since spring 2014.[10] TOP10 books of 2019 according to La Repubblica as one of the "Constellations of the ten books that best reflect the spirit of the times".[11] The Guardian called it a “remarkable book”.[12]

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References

  1. ^ a b ""Чорнобильська зона - моє призначення" - письменник Маркіян Камиш". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  2. ^ "Воскресання Прип'яті. Пригоди художника Гамлета у Чорнобильській зоні". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  3. ^ "A bee stripe on a hot summer's day". The Day newspaper. 2016-04-25.
  4. ^ "Маркіян Камиш, письменник". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  5. ^ "Маркіян Камиш: Немає ніякої Зони. Зона в наших головах - 5 Січня 2016 - Статті | Litcentr". litcentr.in.ua. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  6. ^ ""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.
  7. ^ ""Чому я ходжу в Чорнобильську зону" - розповідь нелегала". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  8. ^ "Markiyan Kamysh on Instagram: "Пішов добровольцем в ЗСУ. Трохи обжився і звик. Було багато прильотів по учебці. Потім я довго витрушував з чуба землю, що на мене з неба лягла. Еволюціонував від «ааа, прильот!» до «як в'їбе – почуєм» за день. Живу в лісі, сплю в ямі, багато вчуся. Часу на онлайн зовсім нема. Вірю в Україну, перемогу, нас. Прорвемось."". Instagram (in Ukrainian). 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
  9. ^ "Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  10. ^ "'Оформляндія' | Маркіян Камиш". 2014-04-29. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
  11. ^ "I libri più belli dell'anno ve li consiglia Robinson". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  12. ^ 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 2023-09-13.
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