Intellect

Ute Hermanns was born in Detmold on 21 December, 1957. She studied Brazilian literature and film in Gießen, Berlin and Rio de Janeiro. She completed her MA with a thesis on Ignacio de Loyola Brandão's novel Zero and specialized in the relationship between film and literature at the Freie Universität Berlin, where she acquired her Ph.D. and currently teaches Latin American Film (Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay).

Ute lives in Berlin, Germany, where she also works as a translator and a manager for cultural events such as contemporary art exhibitions and conferences.