Puk Damsgård
Puk Damsgård | |
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Damsgaard at the LitteratureXchange Festival in Aarhus, Denmark 2019 | |
| Born | Puk Damsgård Andersen 18 September 1978 Hammer-Torup, Næstved Municipality, Denmark |
| Occupations | Biographer journalist writer |
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, where she attended from 1999 to 2001.[2] In 2007, she completed a bachelor's programme in journalism at University of Southern Denmark. Later, she completed a master's programme in Arabic.[3]
Career
After finishing her education, she was a journalist at Jyllands-Posten, but quit after a few months.[4]
She became a freelance correspondent in 2008, reporting on the Middle East.[5]
Awards
In 2015, she won the Cavling Prize for her book Ser du månen, Daniel (English: Do You See the Moon, Daniel).[6][7]
She was awarded the Rungstedlund Award in 2020.[8]
Bibliography
- Mellem Taleban og fremtiden: en fortælling om de unge i Kabul (2006) ISBN 87-7973-155-4
- På jordomrejse med Galathea 3: vor tids største danske opdagelsesrejse: København-Cape Town (2006) ISBN 87-7692-106-9
- På jordomrejse med Galathea 3: vor tids største danske opdagelsesrejse: Cape Town-København (2007) ISBN 978-87-769-2107-1
- De renes land: kærlighedshistorier fra verdens farligste stat (2009) ISBN 978-87-7692-214-6
- Ulvehjerter: en familiekrønike (2011) ISBN 978-87-400-0038-2
- Hvor solen græder: en fortælling fra Syrien (2014) ISBN 978-87-400-1342-9
- Ser du månen, Daniel: 13 måneder som gidsel hos Islamisk Stat (2015) ISBN 978-87-400-2083-0
- Den sorte kat i Mosul (2017) ISBN 978-87-400-3541-4
- Arabica (2020) ISBN 978-87-400-5366-1
References
- ^ DR 11. februar 2011: Erkan Özden og Puk Damsgård bliver korrespondenter, retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Ud & Se, december 2020, Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ "Erkan Özden og Puk Damsgård bliver korrespondenter" (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. 11 February 2011. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Archived 22 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Ud & Se, december 2020, Retrieved 24 January 2021.
- ^ Mette Marie Heinfelt (8 January 2016). "Puk Damsgård modtager Cavlingprisen". DR. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
- ^ Cavlingprisen 2015 til Puk Damsgård Archived 2021-01-31 at the Wayback Machine, access 24 January 2021.
- ^ "En fortællingens mester — Puk Damsgård modtager Rungstedlundprisen 2020" (in Danish). Karen Blixen Museum. Retrieved 26 January 2025.