Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel (pronounced /ˌɛli vɪˈzɛl/;[1] born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016)[2] 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.
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Born | Sighet, Maramureş County, Romania | September 30, 1928
Died | July 2, 2016 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. | (aged 87)
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".[3]
Wiesel died on July 2, 2016 at his home in Manhattan, aged 87.[4][5]
Works
Elie Wiesel Media
The house in which Wiesel was born in Sighet
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.
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
Wiesel and wife Marion at the 2012 Time 100
References
- ↑ "TeachingBooks.net Audio Name Pronunciation - Elie Wiesel". www.teachingbooks.net.
- ↑ "Elie Wiesel - Biography, Books, Nobel Prize, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica.
- ↑ "1986 Nobel Peace Prize Press Release". Archived from the original on 2008-07-06. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
- ↑ Yuhas, Alan (July 2, 2016). Elie Wiesel, Nobel winner and Holocaust survivor, dies aged 87. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jul/02/elie-wiesel-nobel-winner-holocaust-survivor-dies. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ↑ Shnidman, Ronen (July 2, 2016). Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and renowned Holocaust survivor, dies at 87. http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.575072.