Education
She studied German language and literature at University of Vienna and has Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre Studies.
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She studied German language and literature at University of Vienna and has Doctor of Philosophy in Theatre Studies.
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.
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 novel "Angel of Forgetting" 2012: Writer in residence in one world foundation in Sri Lanka.
Maja Haderlap is a member of the Graz"s Guild of writers and lives in Klagenfurt.
