Markiyan Kamysh

Markiyan Kamysh
Born	(1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 36) 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
Website
www.polesianzen.com

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

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

Stalking the Atomic City is a novel written by Kamysh about his experiences illegally exploring the exclusion zone. ^[9]

External links

• Duckweed (a short story).
• The River (a short story).
• An essay for the BOMB magazine.
• Pripyat Underground.

References

1. "Маркіян Камиш, письменник". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
2. 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.
3. ""Чорнобильська зона - моє призначення" - письменник Маркіян Камиш". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
4. "Маркіян Камиш: Немає ніякої Зони. Зона в наших головах - 5 Січня 2016 - Статті | Litcentr". litcentr.in.ua. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
5. ""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.
6. ""Чому я ходжу в Чорнобильську зону" - розповідь нелегала". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
7. "Armed Forces of Ukraine". Instagram (in Ukrainian). 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-30.
8. "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2024-10-18.
9. "Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-19.