Markiyan Kamysh

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

Markiyan Kamysh
Born	(1988-10-19) 19 October 1988 (age 34) Kiev, 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.

Biography

Markiyan Kamysh is the only person who represents the Chernobyl underground in literature.^[1][2][3][4] Since 2010, he has been illegally exploring the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.^[5][6][7][8] He is the son of a Chernobyl liquidator, nuclear physicist and design engineer of the Institute for Nuclear Research who died in 2003.^[9] In 2005–2009, Markiyan studied at the Faculty of History of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, but dropped out shortly before receiving his bachelor's degree to devote himself to literature and illegal research in the Chernobyl zone. In 2010–2021, an illegal stalker of Chernobyl.^[10][11][12]

Stalking the Atomic City: Life among the decadent and the depraved of Chornobyl

Stalking the Atomic City: Life among the decadent and the depraved of Chornobyl is a novel about illegal piligrimage into the Chernobyl zone.^[13] The book has been available online since spring 2014.^[14] 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".^[15]

In June 2022, Kamysh volunteered for the Ukrainian military to fight against the Russian invasion.^[16]

External links

• Ukrainian Chornobyl
• Pripyat Underground
• The Wall Street Journal review
• Interview about Pripyat and illegal trips
• Duckweed
• The River

References

1. "Interview for "Etnie". In English". markian.info. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
2. ""Чорнобильська зона - моє призначення" - письменник Маркіян Камиш". Gazeta.ua (in Ukrainian). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
3. "Воскресання Прип'яті. Пригоди художника Гамлета у Чорнобильській зоні". Retrieved 2019-07-26.
4. "A bee stripe on a hot summer's day". The Day newspaper. 2016-04-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
5. "'Чому я ходжу в Чорнобильську зону' - розповідь нелегала". BBC Україна. 19 April 2016. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
6. http://markian.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2016-04-20_1392@LES_INROCKUPTIBLES.pdf^{[bare URL PDF]}
7. http://markian.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/[e-mail]^{[bare URL PDF]}
8. "Tchernobyl 30 ans après : au coeur de la zone interdite". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-26.
9. "Маркіян Камиш, письменник". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2022-03-10.
10. "Маркіян Камиш: Немає ніякої Зони. Зона в наших головах - 5 Січня 2016 - Статті | Litcentr". litcentr.in.ua. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
11. ""La zone interdite de Tchernobyl est l'endroit le plus exotique sur Terre!"". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
12. ""Чому я ходжу в Чорнобильську зону" - розповідь нелегала". BBC News Україна (in Ukrainian). 2016-04-19. Retrieved 2021-06-01.
13. "Stalking the Atomic City by Markiyan Kamysh". Penguin Random House Canada. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
14. . 2014-04-29. Archived from the original on 2014-04-29. Retrieved 2021-10-04.
15. "I libri più belli dell'anno ve li consiglia Robinson". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
16. "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.