Angel of Oblivion (German: Engel des Vergessens, Slovene: Angel pozabe) is a 2011 autobiographical novel written by bilingual Slovenian-German Austrian writer Maja Haderlap. The story revolves around the life of a Carinthian Slovene peasant family that had been badly struck by the National Socialist regime in World War II. The novel highlights Austria's only militarily organised resistance against National Socialism - the Carinthian minority of Carinthian Slovenes as one of the non-Jewish Holocaust's victims.[1]
 First edition (German) | |
| Author | Maja Haderlap |
|---|---|
| Original title | Engel des Vergessens |
| Translators | Tess Lewis |
| Genre | Historical fiction |
| Publication place | Germany |
Awards and honors
editIn 2016, the German Book Office in New York City chose Angel of Oblivion as its August Pick of the Month.[2]
| Year | Award | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Ingeborg Bachmann Prize[a] | Winner | [3][4] |
| 2017 | BTBA Best Translated Book Award for Fiction | Longlist | [5] |
| 2017 | Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize | [5] | |
| 2017 | PEN Translation Prize for Tess Lewis | Winner | [6][7] |
| 2018 | Max Frisch Prize | Winner | |
| 2015 | Austrian Cultural Forum New York Translation Prize | Winner | [4] |
Notes
edit- ^ Angel of Oblivion received 25,000 euro at the 35th Festival of German Literature in Klagenfurt.
References
edit- ^ Angel pozabe je postal moja pripoved Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Pogledi, 25. 10. 2011
- ^ "GBO Picks Angel of Oblivion". Shelf Awareness. August 26, 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "Bachmann-Preis an Maja Haderlap". Kurier (in German). 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ a b "BOOK LAUNCH | MEET & GREET | MAJA HADERLAP'S 'ANGEL OF OBLIVION': EXCLUSIVE ROOFTOP RECEPTION". Austrian Cultural Forum New York. Archived from the original on 2023-02-28. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ a b "Angel of Oblivion". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
- ^ "2017 PEN America Literary Awards Winners - PEN America". PEN America. 2017-03-27. Archived from the original on 2017-08-02. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ "Awards: Los Angeles Times; PEN Literary". Shelf Awareness. February 23, 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2023-02-27.