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Elie Wiesel

Eliezer Wiesel is a Romania-born American novelist, political activist, and Holocaust survivor of Hungarian Jewish descent. He is the author of over 40 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps.

Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. On November 30, 2006 Wiesel received an honorary knighthood in London, England in recognition of his work toward raising Holocaust education in the United Kingdom.

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Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)

Born September 30, 1928
Died July 2, 2016

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  • Cover of: Night
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    First published in 1961 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Zalmen, or, The madness of God
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    Cover of edition zalmenormadnesso0000wies First published in 1968 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: The Jews of silence: a personal report on Soviet Jewry
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    First published in 1966 — 14 editions
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  • Cover of: Night ; Dawn ; Day
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  • Cover of: Souls on fire: portraits and legends of Hasidic masters
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  • Cover of: The Gates of the forest
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  • Cover of: Night

    First published in 1960 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Messengers of God: Biblical portraits and legends
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    First published in 1975 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: A beggar in Jerusalem: a novel
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  • Cover of: The accident.
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  • Cover of: The fifth son
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  • Cover of: All rivers run to the sea: memoirs
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    Cover of edition allriversruntose00wies First published in 1994 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Illinois: Prentice Hall Literature
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  • Cover of: Legends of our time
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  • Cover of: One generation after
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  • Cover of: The testament
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    Cover of edition testamentnovel00wies First published in 1981 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Holocaust in Romania: the destruction of Jews and Gypsies under the Antonescu regime, 1940-1944
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  • Cover of: Le mendiant de Jérusalem
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    First published in 1968 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The town beyond the wall.
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Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)

Born September 30, 1928
Died July 2, 2016

Subjects

Jews, Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Fiction, Biography, Holocaust survivors, French Authors, Persecutions, Jewish authors, History, World War, 1939-1945, Personal narratives, Wiesel, elie, 1928-2016, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Hasidim, Judaism, Hasidism, Jewish Personal narratives, Jews, fiction, Legends, Bible, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), Authors, french, Fiction, general, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), personal narratives, Interviews

Places

Soviet Union, Romania, Europe, Sighet (Romania), Jerusalem, Sighet, Israel, United States, Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Buna, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Europe, Eastern Germany, France, Galacia, Gleiwitz, Hungary, Kolomay, Monowitz, Nazi Germany, New York (State), Poland, Weimar, New York

People

Elie Wiesel (1928-), Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), Elie Wiesel, Allies, Beatrice Wiesel, Chlomo Wiesel, Gestapo, God, Hilda Wiesel, Job (Biblical figure), Moses (Biblical leader), Moshe the Beadle, SS, Sixth Armored Division, Tzipora Wiesel, Judah Loew ben Bezalel (ca. 1525-1609), Rashi (1040-1105), Baruch ben Jehiel of Medzibezh (1757-1810), French Authors, Gershon Jacobson (1934-2005), Jacob Isaac ha-Ḥozeh, mi-Lublin (1745-1815), Job patriarche biblique, Job the patriarch, John Joseph O'Connor (1920-), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (approximately 1525-1609)

Time

20th century, 1925-1953, 1948-, 1941, 1944, 1945, 21st century, 1945-, 1648-1654, 1929-1948, 1945-1969, 20e siècle

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Alternative names

  • ELIE WIESEL
  • Wiesel Elie
  • Élie Wiesel
  • Élie Wiesel
  • E. Wiesel
  • Eliezer Wiesel
  • Elie: Wiesel

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February 4, 2025 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
August 30, 2022 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
January 26, 2022 Edited by user304 Added death date.
November 29, 2021 Edited by dcapillae merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import