Marianne Philips

Marianne Philips (1886–1951) was a Dutch politician and writer. In 1919, she was elected for the Social Democratic Workers’ Party as one of the first women to serve on a municipal council in the Netherlands. She was the mother of three children and published five novels as well as several novellas. As a Jewish woman, she was prohibited from publishing from 1940 onward and went into hiding during the Second World War. Her novels often address ethical and social questions and focus on people living at the margins of society. Her novel *Hochzeit in Wien* became a bestseller in the Netherlands after the war.