Markiyan Kamysh
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| 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 |
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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: 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 the spring of 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]