Midnight in Chernobyl

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

References
  1. 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. SZALUSKY (2020-01-26). "'Lost Children Archive,' 'Midnight in Chernobyl,' receive 2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction and Nonfiction". News and Press Center. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  4. "2020 Andrew Carnegie Medal Winners Announced". American Libraries Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
  5. "Book on Chernobyl nuclear accident wins $5,000 prize". ABC News. April 20, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2020.


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