Elie Wiesel
Eliezer "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, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Sighetu Marmației
- Educated at
- Faculty of Arts of Paris
- Awards
- 🏆 Nobel Peace Prize🏆 Prix Médicis🏆 Congressional Gold Medal
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"They called him Moishe the Beadle, as if his entire life he had never had a surname."
"MARIA: Hell? Is he talking about hell? Good. For a moment I was afraid he was making sense."
"Some writings could sometimes, in moments of grace, attain the quality of deeds."
"The world? The world is not interested in us. Today, everything is possible, even the crematoria..."
"Waking among the dead, one wondered if one was still alive. And yet real despair only seized us later. Afterwards. As we emerged from the nightmare and began to search for meaning."
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Timeline
1928
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Died
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