Maja Haderlap
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Maja Haderlap is a bi-lingual Slovenian-German
Austrian
writer .
In 2011 she won the 25,000 Euro prize prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
at the 35th Festival of German Literature in Klagenfurt
. Her award-winning poetic text is a three-generations family history, and highlights the resistance of the Carinthian Slovenes against the German Nazi Wehrmacht
.
She studied German language and literature at University of Vienna
and has PhD in Theatre Studies.
. 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.
Germans
The Germans are a Germanic ethnic group native to Central Europe. The English term Germans has referred to the German-speaking population of the Holy Roman Empire since the Late Middle Ages....
Austrian
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
writer .
In 2011 she won the 25,000 Euro prize prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
The Festival of German-Language Literature, formerly Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, is a literary competition which takes place yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria...
at the 35th Festival of German Literature in Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt
-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
. Her award-winning poetic text is a three-generations family history, and highlights the resistance of the Carinthian Slovenes against the German Nazi Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht – from , to defend and , the might/power) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer , the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe .-Origin and use of the term:...
.
She studied German language and literature at University of Vienna
University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...
and has PhD in Theatre Studies.
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 KlagenfurtKlagenfurt
-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
. 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.
Books
- Zalik pesmi, Poems (1983)
- Bajalice, Poems (1987)
- Poems - Pesmi - Poems (1989)
- Deček in sonce (The boy and the sun), zadruga Novi Matajur, Cividale and Klagenfurt, Carinthia, Založba Drava 2000 ISBN 3-85435-330-8
- Between Politics and Culture
- The city of Klagenfurt Theatre from 1992 to 2007 . The era Pflegerl Dietmar (2007)
- Angel of Forgetfulness (novel), Wallenstein, Göttingen, 2011 ISBN 978-3-8353-0953-1
Awards
- 1983: Promotion Award of Carinthia
- 1989: Award of Prešeren Foundation
- 2004: Hubert Burda Prize as part of the Hermann-Lenz Prize
- 2005: Women's Culture Prize for Literature in the province of Carinthia
- 2006/2007: Austrian State Scholarship for Literature
- 2011: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for the Angel of Forgetfulness novel
Angel of Forgetfulness
In the novel, which won the 25,000 Euro prestigious Ingeborg Bachmann prize at the 35th Festival of German Literature in Klagenfurt, the author Maia Haderlap has taken a much-needed literary theme: the Austria's only militarily organized resistance against National Socialism - the Carinthian minority - Slovenians. And that is by no means a compulsory exercise in so-called "overcoming the past", no thesis novel, but an authentic narration, the story of a grown woman who moves into her childhood with the knowledge of present.External links
- Private Homepage von Maja Haderlap
- Kurzporträt und Text Im Kessel bei bachmannpreis.eu