Ralf Pittelkow
| Ralf Pittelkow | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 9, 1948 Sønderborg, Denmark. |
| Occupation | Editor in chief |
| Spouse(s) | Karen Jespersen |
Ralf Pittelkow (born April 9, 1948, in Sønderborg, Denmark) is a frequent commentator in both radio and television.
Pittelkow graduated as a student from high school in 1966 and holds a PhD in comparative literature from University of Copenhagen in 1973. From 1973 to 1992, he was assistant professor and associate professor at the Department of Comparative Literature at University of Copenhagen. For 17 years, until the end of 2011, he was a political commentator at the newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten, after which he became editor in chief of the news site Den Korte Avis.[1]
Pittelkow was the personal assistant for the former Prime Minister of Denmark Poul Nyrup Rasmussen and has for many years been married to the politician Karen Jespersen. He has, like his wife, been active in both the Left Socialists and the Social Democrats.
In the book Islamister og Naivister: et anklageskrift (Islamists and Naivists: a bill of indictment), which he wrote together with his spouse, Danish journalist and politician Karen Jespersen, he warns of an underestimation of the Islamist threat. The book is a bestseller in Denmark.
In 1997, Pittelkow received the Laust Jensen Prize.
He published his autobiography Mit liv som dansker (My life as a Dane) in 2009.