Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel · Arts & Literature
Holocaust survivor and writer (Night); Nobel Peace Prize 1986 for advocacy of human rights and memory.
1928, Sighet, Romania — 2016, New York City, United States
Romania · France · United States
Elie Wiesel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Holocaust survivor and writer (Night); Nobel Peace Prize 1986 for advocacy of human rights and memory.
Elie Wiesel was a writer and Holocaust survivor whose memoir 'Night' became one of the defining testimonies of the Shoah, and who devoted his life to human rights and remembrance. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. Born into a Hasidic Jewish family in Sighet, Transylvania, he was deported to Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a teenager and lost most of his family; his Jewish faith and memory were central to all his work.
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Holocaust survivor and writer (Night); Nobel Peace Prize 1986 for advocacy of human rights and memory.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elie_Wiesel
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