Elie Wiesel

  • Known for: Writer
  • Date of birth: 1928. September 30.
  • Place of birth: Sighet, Transylvania, Kingdom of Romania [now Sighetu Marmatiei, Maramures, Romania]

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 Nig...

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