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, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
Occupation:
writer, journalist, public figure
Born:
09/30/28
Died:
07/02/16 (age 87 years)
Books: