Kaser, Norbert Conrad#
Kaser, Norbert Conrad, b. Brixen/Bressanone (South Tyrol), April 19, 1947, d. Bruneck/Brunico (South Tyrol), Aug. 21, 1978, writer. After secondary school temporarily in a Capuchin monastery, started studying art history in Vienna in 1969, returned to South Tyrol in 1971 and taught at various schools until 1976. From 1968 published satirical and critical poems, mostly with autobiographic elements, short prose and political texts. It was only after his death that his significance for modern German-language literature in South Tyrol was recognised.
Edition: N. C. K., Gesammelte Werke, ed. by H. Haider, W.
Methlagl and S. P. Scheichl, 3 vols., 1988-1991.
Literature#
M. Kaufmann, K. Ein Leben in Texten, doctoral thesis, Salzburg 1988; E. Sauermann and R. Selbmann (eds.), K.-Symposion 1991, 1993.