Elie Wiesel
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 Wiesel speaking at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in 2003 |
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| Born | September 30, 1928 Sighet, Maramureş County, Romania |
| Occupation | Political activist, teacher, writer |
| Notable award(s) | Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Congressional Gold Medal |
Elie Wiesel (pronounced /ˌɛli wɪˈzɛl/; born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928)[1] is 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 is a humanitarian.
Wiesel won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised his message "of peace, atonement and human dignity" to humans.[2]
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