Markiyan Kamysh

Ukrainian novelist

Markiyan Kamysh

Born	(1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 35) 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.facebook.com/markiyankamysh

Markiyan Kamysh (Ukrainian: Маркіян Камиш, born 19 October 1988) is a Ukrainian novelist.

Biography

Kamysh is the only person who represents the Chernobyl underground in literature.^[1] His father was a Chernobyl liquidator.^[2] From 2005-2009, Kamysh studied history at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. 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.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] In 2022, after the Russian invasion began, he joined the Ukrainian military.^[7]

Stalking the Atomic City

Stalking the Atomic City: Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl is a novel written by Kamysh about his experiences illegally exploring the exclusion zone.^[8] The book has been available online since spring 2014.^[9] 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".^[10] The Guardian called it a “remarkable book”.^[11]

References

^ 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.
^ "Маркіян Камиш, письменник". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
^ ""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.
^ "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.
^ "Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
^ "'Оформляндія' | Маркіян Камиш". 2014-04-29. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
^ "I libri più belli dell'anno ve li consiglia Robinson". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
^ 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.