Puk Damsgård Andersen (born 18 September 1978 in Hammer-Torup, Næstved, Denmark) is a Danish journalist and author.
From 2011 to 2026, she was the designated Middle East correspondent for Danmarks Radio, based in Cairo, Egypt.DR 11. februar 2011: Erkan Özden og Puk Damsgård bliver korrespondenter, retrieved 24 January 2021. She decided to stop in May 2026 in order to focus on more storytelling journalism.
Education She has a degree in acting from Holbergs Film + Teaterskole, where she attended from 1999 to 2001.Ud & Se, december 2020, Retrieved 24 January 2021. In 2007, she completed a bachelor's programme in journalism at University of Southern Denmark. Later, she completed a master's programme in Arabic.
Career After finishing her education, she was a journalist at Jyllands-Posten, but quit after a few months.
She became a freelance correspondent in 2008, reporting on the Middle East.Ud & Se, december 2020, Retrieved 24 January 2021.
Awards In 2015, she won the Cavling Prize for her book Ser du månen, Daniel (English: Do You See the Moon, Daniel).Cavlingprisen 2015 til Puk Damsgård , access 24 January 2021.
She was awarded the Rungstedlund Award in 2020.
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)
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