Context: Literary figure despite poor writing skills (Swiss Press Audio 2025, by Alice Henkes)

Context: Literary figure despite poor writing skills

Radio SRF2 Kultur

Audio

2025

Alice Henkes

A contextual broadcast/podcast about Biel-based author Sebastian Steffen, who writes books despite suffering from dyslexia. Despite traumatic experiences at school, he studied at the Literature Institute in Biel and published three books. The article also features a psychologist specializing in dyslexia's perspective: What exactly is dyslexia?

Author

Alice Henkes / Swiss Press Award

Alice Henkes

Redaktorin, Biel/Bienne, 1967

Geboren in Hannover D. Studium Germanistik + Soziologie. Redaktionelle Ausbildung bei Stadtmagazin Prinz. Freie Journalistin Print für diverse Zeitungen. Seit 2002 in der Schweiz. Freie Autorin für "Bund", "Kunstbulletin", "Tagesanzeiger" u.a. Seit 2012 auch Beiträge für Radio SRF2 Kultur. 2014-2018 Redaktorin / Leiterin Kultur beim "Bieler Tagblatt". Seit 2018 Redaktorin Radio SRF2 Kultur.

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Context: Literary figure despite poor writing skills (Swiss Press Audio 2025, by Alice Henkes) - Swiss Press Award