ELIE WIESEL
Name: Elie Wiesel
Born: 30 September 1928 Sighet, Maramureş County, Romania
Elie Wiesel (born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-French-Jewish
novelist, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He is the
author of over 40 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that
describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several
concentration camps.
Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The Norwegian Nobel Committee
called him a "messenger to mankind," noting that through his struggle to come to
terms with "his own personal experience of total humiliation and of the utter
contempt for humanity shown in Hitler's death camps," as well as his "practical
work in the cause of peace," Wiesel has delivered a powerful message "of peace,
atonement and human dignity" to humanity.
On November 30, 2006 Wiesel received an honorary knighthood in London in
recognition of his work toward raising Holocaust education in the United Kingdom.
Name: Elie Wiesel
Born: 30 September 1928 Sighet, Maramureş County, Romania
Elie Wiesel (born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928) is a Hungarian-French-Jewish
novelist, political activist, Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor. He is the
author of over 40 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that
describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several
concentration camps.
Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The Norwegian Nobel Committee
called him a "messenger to mankind," noting that through his struggle to come to
terms with "his own personal experience of total humiliation and of the utter
contempt for humanity shown in Hitler's death camps," as well as his "practical
work in the cause of peace," Wiesel has delivered a powerful message "of peace,
atonement and human dignity" to humanity.
On November 30, 2006 Wiesel received an honorary knighthood in London in
recognition of his work toward raising Holocaust education in the United Kingdom.