Bio
David Puig is Ambassador of the Dominican Republic to India since February 2021. He joined the Dominican Foreign Service in 2004 and has been posted in France, India, Egypt and Belgium. To his command of English, Spanish and French, he has added, through his time in India and the Middle East, conversational skills in Hindi and Egyptian Arabic. Beyond his work for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, he has been active in the cultural and literary scene in his country. In 2010, he launched Ediciones De a Poco, a publishing house focused on literature and art books from the Caribbean region. He co-authored with Manar Moursi Sidewalk Salon: 1001 Street Chairs of Cairo. He has translated into Spanish, works of Jean-Noel Pancrazi, Eric Watier, Maged Zaher, Khaled Mattawa and A.K. Ramanujan. His translation of Arun Kolaktar Kala Ghoda Poems was released in 2020 by Kriller71 in Barcelona.