Etty Hillesum, on writing:

Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.

- Etty Hillesum.

Born on this day – Etty Hillesum:

Etty Hillesum

Writer

January 15, 1914 – November 30, 1943

Credits:

An Interrupted Life: The Diaries of Etty Hillesum 1941–1943; Anne Frank and Etty Hillesum: Inscribing Spirituality and Sexuality; Etty Hillesum: An Interrupted Life the Diaries, 1941–1943 and Letters from Westerbork; Etty Hillesum: Essential Writings (Modern Spiritual Masters); Etty Hillesum: Letters from Westerbork; Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 (2002).