Angel of Oblivion
First edition (German)
AuthorMaja Haderlap
Original titleEngel des Vergessens
TranslatorsTess Lewis
CountryGermany
GenreHistorical fiction

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]

Awards and honors

In 2016, the German Book Office in New York City chose Angel of Oblivion as its August Pick of the Month.[2]

Awards for Angel of Oblivion
Year Award Result Ref.
2011 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize[lower-alpha 1] 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

  1. ↑ Angel of Oblivion received 25,000 euro at the 35th Festival of German Literature in Klagenfurt.

References

  1. ↑ Angel pozabe je postal moja pripoved Archived 2016-04-27 at the Wayback Machine, Pogledi, 25. 10. 2011
  2. ↑ "GBO Picks Angel of Oblivion". Shelf Awareness. August 26, 2016. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  3. ↑ "Bachmann-Preis an Maja Haderlap". Kurier (in German). 10 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 August 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  4. 1 2 "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.
  5. 1 2 "Angel of Oblivion". Goodreads. Retrieved 2023-02-28.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Awards: Los Angeles Times; PEN Literary". Shelf Awareness. February 23, 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-05-23. Retrieved 2023-02-27.
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