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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Elie Wiesel
×CloseRomanian-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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Elie Wiesel
×CloseRomanian-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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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), Jews, Biography, Holocaust survivors, Fiction, French Authors, Personal narratives, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), World War, 1939-1945, Jewish authors, Judaism, History, Persecutions, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Jewish Personal narratives, Jews, fiction, Bible, Childhood and youth, Hasidim, Wiesel, elie, 1928-2016, Concentration camps, Fiction, historical, general, Hasidism, Holocaust, jewish (1939-1945), personal narratives, Soviet union, fictionPlaces
Soviet Union, Romania, Sighet (Romania), France, Israel, Sighet, Sighetu Marmației, Czechoslovakia, Europe, Jerusalem, Russia, Troyes, Troyes (France), United StatesPeople
Elie Wiesel (1928-), Elie Wiesel (1928-2016), Elie Wiesel, Baruch ben Jehiel of Medzibezh (1757-1810), Gershon Jacobson (1934-2005), Jacob Isaac ha-Ḥozeh, mi-Lublin (1745-1815), Job (Biblical figure), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (ca. 1525-1609), Mark H. Podwal (1945-), Moses (Biblical leader), Naftali Tsevi Horoṿits (1760-1827), Phinehas ben Abraham Abba Shapiro (d. 1791), Rashi (1040-1105), Solomon King of Israel, Wiesel, Élie (1928-), Wiesel, Élie (1928-2016)ID Numbers
- OLID: OL20891A
- ISNI: 000000008405660X
- VIAF: 108176447
- Wikidata: Q18391
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- ELIE WIESEL
- Wiesel Elie
- Élie Wiesel
- Élie Wiesel
- E. Wiesel
- Eliezer Wiesel
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