Elie Wiesel
1928 - 2016
Sighet, Transylvania, Kingdom of Romania [now Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures, Romania]
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Biography
Elie Wiesel (born Eliezer Wiesel, Yiddish: אליעזר װיזעל Eliezer Vizel; September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) 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
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