Angel of Oblivion (, ) 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.Angel pozabe je postal moja pripoved , Pogledi, 25. 10. 2011
Awards and honors In 2016, the German Book Office in New York City chose Angel of Oblivion as its August Pick of the Month. +Awards for Angel of OblivionYearAwardResultRef.2011Ingeborg Bachmann PrizeWinner2015Austrian Cultural Forum New York Translation PrizeWinner2017BTBA Best Translated Book Award for FictionLonglist2017Helen and Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize2017PEN Translation Prize for Tess LewisWinner2018Max Frisch PrizeWinner
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The Irish Times review Kirkus Reviews review The National review: "Book review: Maja Haderlap’s Angel of Oblivion tells tale of a Slovenian childhood haunted by war" Publishers Weekly review