Markiyan Kamysh
Markiyan Kamysh 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. 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. 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. In 2022, after the Russian invasion began, he joined the Ukrainian military and was retired in September, 2024.
''Stalking the Atomic City''
Stalking the Atomic City is a novel written by Kamysh about his experiences illegally exploring the exclusion zone.