She is a recipient of the Sait Faik Hikâye Armağanı literature prize.
Duruel was born in Şarki Karaağaç, Kütahya Province, Turkey, 1941.
Four years later, she took part in the first production team of Turkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT) where she prepared radio programs in various fields, especially literature and art.
Her narrative Geyikler, Annem ve Almanya, which was awarded with Turkish literary prizes in 1981 (Akademi Kitabevi Öykü Ödülü'nü) and 1983 (Sait Faik Hikâye Armağanı), also appeared in German (Die Hirsche, meine Mutter und Deutschland, 1984).
Duruel also wrote Cemal Süreya's biography with Feyza Perinçek.