The jury describes her as "a critical public educator" who, with "linguistic playfulness," has "renewed the classic art of illuminating people from within."
For 15 years, Düringer worked as a high school teacher, teaching Swedish and history, before applying for a job at Swedish Radio.
I can say that my lucky break was that I was ugly and stupid when I was a child. So the pleasures that were offered to others were not available to me. Then I could disappear into reading instead, she says in an interview in DN.
The prize money is 20,000 SEK.
