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Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel
  • Born: September 30, 1928
  • Died: July 2, 2016
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Author, Professor, Activist

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, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.