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Markiyan Kamysh
Ukrainian novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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