Puk Damsgård Explained
| Puk Damsgård |
| Birth Name: | Puk Damsgård Andersen |
| Occupation: | Biographer
journalist
writer |
| Nationality: | Danish |
| Birth Date: | 18 September 1978 |
| Birth Place: | Hammer-Torup, Næstved Municipality, Denmark |
Puk Damsgård Andersen (born 18 September 1978 in Hammer-Torup, Næstved, Denmark) is a Danish journalist and author.
Since 2011 she has been the designated Middle East correspondent for Danmarks Radio, based in Cairo, Egypt.[1]
Education
She has a degree in acting from Holbergs Film + Teaterskole 1999–2001.[2] In 2007 she became a bachelor of Journalism from University of Southern Denmark. Later she has taken master in Arabic.[3]
Career
After finishing her education, she was a journalist at Jyllands-Posten, but quit after a few months.
In 2008 she became a freelance correspondent, reporting on the middle east.[4]
Awards
In 2015 she won the Cavlingprisen for her book Ser du månen, Daniel.[5] [6]
In 2020 she was awarded the Rungstedlund Award.[7]
Bibliography
- Mellem Taleban og fremtiden: en fortælling om de unge i Kabul (2006)
- På jordomrejse med Galathea 3: vor tids største danske opdagelsesrejse: København-Cape Town (2006)
- På jordomrejse med Galathea 3: vor tids største danske opdagelsesrejse: Cape Town-København (2007)
- De renes land: kærlighedshistorier fra verdens farligste stat (2009)
- Ulvehjerter: en familiekrønike (2011)
- Hvor solen græder: en fortælling fra Syrien (2014)
- Ser du månen, Daniel: 13 måneder som gidsel hos Islamisk Stat (2015)
- Den sorte kat i Mosul (2017)
- Arabica (2020)
Notes and References
- https://www.dr.dk/presse/erkan-ozden-og-puk-damsgaard-bliver-korrespondenter DR 11. februar 2011: Erkan Özden og Puk Damsgård bliver korrespondenter
- https://ipaper.ipapercms.dk/DSB/udogse/2020/ud-se-december-2020/?Page=68 Ud & Se, december 2020
- https://www.dr.dk/presse/erkan-ozden-og-puk-damsgaard-bliver-korrespondenter DR 11. februar 2011: Erkan Özden og Puk Damsgård bliver korrespondenter
- https://ipaper.ipapercms.dk/DSB/udogse/2020/ud-se-december-2020/?Page=68 Ud & Se, december 2020
- News: Mette Marie Heinfelt . Puk Damsgård modtager Cavlingprisen . . 8 January 2016 . 2 August 2016.
- https://journalistforbundet.dk/nyhed/cavlingprisen-2015-til-puk-damsgard Cavlingprisen 2015 til Puk Damsgård
- https://blixen.dk/pressemeddelelser/en-fortaellingens-mester-puk-damsgaard-modtager-rungstedlundprisen-2020
