Norbert Conrad Kaser was born in Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy, on April the 19th, 1947. His rebellious, maladjusted lifestyle and his provocative publications made him become an icon of the South Tyrolean postwar literature. Kaser started working as a teacher but then, after a short interval in a convent in Bruneck, he registered for Art History at the University on Vienna. In 1970 he travelled to Norway, where he worked on his „Brief aus Stord“ [Letter from Stord] and on some poems, which later, that year got published in a South Tyrolean anthology (that was the largest publication in his lifetime). Later on, he cancelled his academic studies, came back to his homeland and started working as a teacher again. Due to his alcoholism, he had to go tNorbert Conrad Kaser was born in Brixen, South Tyrol, Italy, on April the 19th, 1947. His rebellious, maladjusted lifestyle and his provocative publications made him become an icon of the South Tyrolean postwar literature. Kaser started working as a teacher but then, after a short interval in a convent in Bruneck, he registered for Art History at the University on Vienna. In 1970 he travelled to Norway, where he worked on his „Brief aus Stord“ [Letter from Stord] and on some poems, which later, that year got published in a South Tyrolean anthology (that was the largest publication in his lifetime). Later on, he cancelled his academic studies, came back to his homeland and started working as a teacher again. Due to his alcoholism, he had to go through several rehabilitation treatments. In 1976 he resigned from the Catholic church and joined the Italian Communist Party (Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI).
He died on an alcoholic cirrhoses in Bruneck on the 21st August, 1978....more
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