Maja Haderlap
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Maja Haderlap
Maja Haderlap was born in Bad Eisenkappel / Železna Kapla (Carinthia, Austria). After reading theatre studies and German philology, she was a lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt and head dramaturg at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt for many years. She has published poetry in Slovenian before being awarded the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis 2011 for an excerpt from her subsequent German debut novel Engel des Vergessens. Further renowned prizes followed, including the Max Frisch-Preis 2018 and the Christine Lavant Preis 2021.
Maja Haderlap was born in Bad Eisenkappel / Železna Kapla (Carinthia, Austria). After reading theatre studies and German philology, she was a lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt and head dramaturg at the Stadttheater Klagenfurt for many years. She has published poetry in Slovenian before being awarded the Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis 2011 for an excerpt from her subsequent German debut novel Engel des Vergessens. Further renowned prizes followed, including the Max Frisch-Preis 2018 and the Christine Lavant Preis 2021.
Awards (selection)
Austrian Book Prize 2023 (shortlist) for Nachtfrauen
Prix du Premier roman étranger 2015 (France) for Engel des Vergessens
Prix du Premier roman étranger 2015 (France) for Engel des Vergessens
Austrian Book Prize 2023 (shortlist) for Nachtfrauen
Prix du Premier roman étranger 2015 (France) for Engel des Vergessens
Prix du Premier roman étranger 2015 (France) for Engel des Vergessens
Praise
»Maja Haderlap’s work represents a kind of literature that accepts no boundaries. Her poetry discovers behind every word another word, reveals a plaint behind every silence and finds a deed behind every secret.« Jury of the Max Frisch-Preis 2018
»Women at Night is a deeply moving novel of great poetic force.«
Jury of the Austrian Book Prize 2023
»Women at Night is a deeply moving novel of great poetic force.«
Jury of the Austrian Book Prize 2023
»Maja Haderlap’s work represents a kind of literature that accepts no boundaries. Her poetry discovers behind every word another word, reveals a plaint behind every silence and finds a deed behind every secret.« Jury of the Max Frisch-Preis 2018
»Women at Night is a deeply moving novel of great poetic force.«
Jury of the Austrian Book Prize 2023
»Women at Night is a deeply moving novel of great poetic force.«
Jury of the Austrian Book Prize 2023
PUBLICATIONS
Latest first
Year of Publication: 2023
Maja HaderlapYear of Publication: 2023
Women at Night
A novel about moving out for the last time, about silent family bonds, about regret and forgiveness
As Mira gets into the car to drive from the big city to her small...
Rights sold to:
English world rights (Archipelago), Spanish world rights (Periférica), Netherlands (Cossee), Slovenia (Goga)
Domestic Rights Sales: German Audio Book (DAV), German Entire Radio Reading (HR & SWR)