Occupation Novelist, Poet Books Bajalice | Period 1983 to present Role Writer Nationality Austrian Name Maja Haderlap Awards Preseren Fund Award | |
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Born Alma mater University of Vienna, Austria | ||
Notable works Engel des Vergessens | ||
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Maja Haderlap (born 26 August 1961 in Eisenkappel-Vellach (Slovene: Železna Kapla-Bela), Carinthia) is a bi-lingual Slovenian-German Austrian writer, best known for her award-winning novel Angel of Forgetting, highlighting the Austria's only militarily organized resistance against National Socialism - the Carinthian minority of Carinthian Slovenes as one of the non-Jewish Holocaust's victims.
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- 27 vilenica maja haderlap nomadic writers
- Maja haderlap zum 10 oktober im k rnten der gegenwart 2012 10 09
- Life and work
- Books
- Awards
- References
She studied German language and literature at University of Vienna and has PhD in Theatre Studies.
Maja haderlap zum 10 oktober im k rnten der gegenwart 2012 10 09
Life and work
After her graduation she worked as assistant dramaturg, as a program editor and a lecturer at the Institute for Comparative Literary Studies at the Alpen-Adria-Universität in Klagenfurt. Between years 1992 and 2007 she worked as drama supervisor at the Klagenfurt City Theatre under the direction of Dietmar Pflegerl.
Maja Haderlap is considered the most lyrical voice among Slovenian Austrians since her first book of poems 'Zalik pesmi' (1983).
She was editor of many years of Carinthian Slovene minority literary magazine 'Mladje'. She writes poetry, prose and essays in both Slovenian and German. Her work has been published in numerous German and international literary journals and anthologies. Maja Haderlap is a member of the Graz's Guild of writers and lives in Klagenfurt.