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Apr 2, 2014 · Nobel Prize Winners. Elie Wiesel is a Nobel-Prize winning writer, teacher and activist known for his memoir 'Night,' in which he recounted his experiences surviving the Holocaust. Updated: Sep...
May 20, 2024 · Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born Jewish writer, whose works provide a sober yet passionate testament of the destruction of European Jewry during World War II. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1986. Some critics consider Wiesel’s Night (1958) the most powerful literary expression of the Holocaust.
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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. [6] In his political activities Wiesel became a regular speaker on the subject of the Holocaust and remained a strong defender of human rights during his lifetime.
May 23, 2023 · 4.5 41 ratings. Part of: Jewish Lives (67 books) See all formats and editions. An intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, Biography category. “An indispensable touchstone.”—Julia M. Klein, Forward.
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Apr 2, 2019 · Elie Wiesel, An Extraordinary Life and Legacy: Writings, Photographs and Reflections (Moment Books): Epstein, Nadine, Koppel, Ted, Sacks, Rabbi Lord Jonathan: 9781942134572: Amazon.com: Books. Books. ›. Biographies & Memoirs. ›. Arts & Literature. Kindle. $7.49. Available instantly. Paperback. $19.99. Other Used and New from $4.95. Buy new:
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Books By Elie Wiesel. Night, a memoir (1960) Dawn, a novel (1961) The Accident, a novel (1962) (later published in The Night Trilogy as Day – see below) The Town Beyond the Wall, a novel (1964) The Gates of the Forest, a novel (1966) The Jews of Silence, a personal testimony (1966) Legends of Our Time, essays and stories (1968)
Eliezer “Elie” Wiesel was a noted Holocaust survivor, award-winning novelist, journalist, human rights activist and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. Wiesel was born in Sighet, a Romanian shtetl, to an Orthodox Jewish family on September 30, 1928. His parents, Shlomo and Sarah, owned a grocery store in the village.
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