Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel (pronounced /ˌɛli vɪˈzɛl/; born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-American Jewish writer, teacher, political activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and Holocaust survivor. His most well-known book is Night which is about his life in several concentration camps during the Holocaust. He was a humanitarian.

Elie Wiesel
Wiesel speaking at the World Economic Forum in 2003
Born	(1928-09-30)September 30, 1928 Sighet, Maramureş County, Romania
Died	July 2, 2016(2016-07-02) (aged 87) Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Political activist, teacher, writer
Notable awards	Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Gold Medal

Wiesel won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised his message "of peace, atonement and human dignity".

Wiesel died on July 2, 2016 at his home in Manhattan, aged 87.

Works

• The Gates of the Forest
• Night

Elie Wiesel Media

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  The house in which Wiesel was born in Sighet

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  Buchenwald concentration camp, photo taken April 16, 1945, five days after liberation of the camp. Wiesel is in the second row from the bottom, seventh from the left, next to the bunk post.

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  Elie Wiesel

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  President George W. Bush, joined by the Dalai Lama and Wiesel, October 17, 2007, to the ceremony at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., for the presentation of the Congressional Gold Medal to the Dalai Lama

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  Wiesel and wife Marion at the 2012 Time 100