Markiyan Kamysh

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

Markiyan Kamysh
Born (1988-10-19) 19 October 1988
Kyiv, Ukraine
Occupationnovelist
NationalityUkrainian
GenreUkrainian literature
Notable worksLa Zone (Arthaud. Paris, 2016)
Website
Official website

Biography

Markiyan Kamysh is the only person who represents the Chernobyl underground in literature.[1][2][3][4] Since 2010, he has been illegally investigating the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] He is the son of the Chernobyl liquidator, nuclear physicist and design engineer of the Institute for Nuclear Research who died in 2003.[12]

A Stroll to the Zone

A Stroll to the Zone (Ukrainian: Оформляндія) is the novel about illegal explorers of the Chernobyl zone. In 2016, after critical acclaim in Ukraine,[13][14][15][16][17] the book was published in France.[18] Le Nouvel Observateur has called the novel a “stunning book”.[19] Monaco Hebdo magazine has included it in the list of choices of the month.[20]

Keller Editore printed the book in 2019 in Italy. The result is TOP5 books about Chernobyl from Esquire[21] and 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".[22] In a separate review la Repubblica called Kamysh a "strong character".[23]

Corriere della Sera wrote about the novel: "Thanks to a style balanced between the linguistic ecstasy of a desperate journey, between the destruction of the relics of a historical tragedy and the cruel and sentimental minimalism of a terrible reality, Kamysh writes a book that can shake us in the face of human pain and the pain of nature".[24]

The Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov said about this text: "The book 'A Stroll to the Zone' (La Zone)" by Markian Kamysh is definitely double discovery for any reader! The first discovery is the author himself with his vivid and very dynamic narrative, and the other one — the content of the book that will open for you completely unknown reality — life in Chernobyl zone behind the barbed wire, life described by those who made this zone their secret and illegal playground. Markian Kamysh is one of them and that's why the book is also an honest first hand experience!"[25]

Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi, director of the film The Tribe, called A Stroll to the Zone "a new breath and new voice in Ukrainian literature".[26]

Quotes

The longer I stay in Pripyat, the stronger I believe that we’re all set in motion by the implacable flow of time. We’re in a rush to leave our mark wherever time has stopped, by doing street art, writing a book, shooting a movie, or taking pictures of every nook and cranny. We are in a rush, for we feel that this place is vanishing before our very eyes and that deserted towns are quickly transforming into ruins and jungles. It’s a good thing that our marks fuel their resurrection.

— Markiyan Kamysh, Asymptote Journal

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). 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.
  5. "Markiyan Kamysh". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  6. ""Чому я ходжу в Чорнобильську зону" - розповідь нелегала". BBC Україна. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
  7. http://markian.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2016-04-20_1392@LES_INROCKUPTIBLES.pdf
  8. http://markian.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2016-04-21_1215@VSD.pdf
  9. "Tchernobyl 30 ans après : au coeur de la zone interdite". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  10. "Markiyan Kamysh". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
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  12. "Markiyan Kamysh". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-06-16.
  13. "Шок і трепет: 10 книг львівського Форуму". DT.ua. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  14. ""Оформляндія". Портал в альтернативну реальність сталкера". Читомо (in Ukrainian). 2015-11-20. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  15. "Десять важливих книжок року, що минає". LB.ua. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  16. "Після Сталкера". ЛітАкцент - світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 2015-11-06. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  17. "Оформляндія: годинник, який іде". ЛітАкцент - світ сучасної літератури (in Ukrainian). 2015-12-30. Retrieved 2020-12-30.
  18. http://markian.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/2016-04-29_1671MARIANNE.pdf
  19. "Tchernobyl 30 ans après : au coeur de la zone interdite" (in French). Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  20. "Culture Sélection de mai - Monaco Hebdo". Monaco Hebdo (in French). 12 May 2016. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
  21. Zagaria, Di Danilo (2020-05-03). "5 libri per capire il disastro di Chernobyl". Esquire (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  22. "I libri più belli dell'anno ve li consiglia Robinson". la Repubblica (in Italian). 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  23. "Rep". rep.repubblica.it. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  24. "Keller Editore". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
  25. "IL PAESAGGIO DOPO Černobyl'. – Keller Editore" (in Italian). Retrieved 2019-07-26.
  26. "5 книг, які радить прочитати режисер Мирослав Слабошпицький". Читомо (in Ukrainian). 2016-07-11. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
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