Diana Haußmann studied Romance Philology, European Ethnology and Economics at Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg im Breisgau and at Université Bordeaux Montaigne. She worked as a research assistant at the France Center of the Freie Universität Berlin and at Augsburg University. She currently works as a translator, literary scholar, and editor. Her research interests include contemporary Francophone literatures and gender issues.