Elie Wiesel

Born

September 30, 1928

Died

July 2, 2016 (aged 87)

Known as

writer, political activist, Judaic scholar, novelist, autobiographer, university teacher

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust.

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