Elie Wiesel

Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elie Wiesel
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Elie Wiesel (pronounced /ˌɛli vɪˈzɛl/;[1] born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928 July 2, 2016)[2] was a Romanian-American Jewish writer, teacher, political activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and Holocaust survivor. His most well-known book is Night which is about his life in several concentration camps during the Holocaust. He was a humanitarian.

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Wiesel won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised his message "of peace, atonement and human dignity".[3]

Wiesel died on July 2, 2016 at his home in Manhattan, aged 87.[4][5]

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