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Midnight in Chernobyl

Summary

Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster (2019) by Adam Higginbotham is a history of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster that occurred in Soviet Ukraine in 1986. It won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction in 2020. Higginbotham spent more than a decade interviewing eyewitnesses and reviewing documents from the disaster, including some that were recently declassified.[1] Higginbotham considers it the first English-language account that is close to the truth.[1]

First edition (publ. Simon & Schuster)

Awards and honors edit

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  1. ^ a b Dawn Stover (May 5, 2019). "The human drama of Chernobyl". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Jennifer Szalai (February 6, 2019). "An Enthralling and Terrifying History of the Nuclear Meltdown at Chernobyl". The New York Times. Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Associated Press (March 24, 2020). "Valeria Luiselli's 'Lost Children Archive' wins Folio Prize". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.
  4. ^ Schaub, Michael (January 22, 2020). "Luiselli, Higginbotham Win ALA's Carnegie Medals". Kirkus Reviews. Archived from the original on December 26, 2023. Retrieved December 26, 2023.