Voices from Chernobyl

  • Voices from Chernobyl
  • Chernobyl Prayer
AuthorSvetlana Alexievich
Original titleЧернобыльская молитва
LanguageRussian
PublisherOstozhʹe
Publication date1997
OCLC39281739
Author Svetlana Alexievich

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Russian: Чернобыльская молитва, romanized: Chernobylskaya molitva, lit. 'Chernobyl Prayer'), published as Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future in the United Kingdom, is a book about the Chernobyl disaster by the Belarusian Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich.

Chernobyl Prayer was first published in Russian in 1997; a revised, updated edition was released in 2013. The American translation was the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction recipient during 2005.

Adaptations

The HBO television miniseries Chernobyl often relies on the memories of Pripyat locals, as told by Svetlana Alexievich in her book.

A manga adaptation of the book, drawn by Yuuta Kumagai, and supervised by Tetsuji Imanaka and Kazunobu Gotou is published in the bi-weekly Young Animal magazine, having 3 volumes as of February of 2025.

The 1999 English edition of Voices from Chernobyl (Aurum Press), translated by Antonina W. Bouis, was also the principal source for Heavy Water: a poem for Chernobyl, a long poem in multiple voices, which received the Arvon Daily Telegraph International Poetry Prize. This poetry was later the basis of the documentary film Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl by Phil Grabsky and David Bickerstaff.

Editions

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References

  1. ↑ Matthews, Robert (2006-08-01). "Book Reviews". Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 47 (8): 1389–1390. ISSN 0161-5505.
  2. ↑ "Voices from Chernobyl - Svetlana Alexievich". Complete Review. Retrieved 2019-05-28.
  3. ↑ "The real Chernobyl: HBO's hit miniseries is ending, and here's how its characters compare to their real-life counterparts". Meduza. 28 May 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Petrucci, Mario (2004). Heavy Water: A Poem for Chernobyl. London: Enitharmon Press. ISBN 1900564343.
  5. ↑ "Heavy Water: A Film for Chernobyl". Film Affinity. Retrieved 13 June 2026. online listing for the documentary film directed by Phil Grabsky and David Bickerstaff.