Elie Wiesel : Romanian-born American Writer, Professor, Political Activist, Nobel Laureate, Holocaust Survivor, and Author of 57 Books, Including Night, a Work Based on his Experiences as a Jewish Prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald Concentration Camps

September 30, 1928 — July 2, 2016

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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.

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September 30, 1928

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July 2, 2016

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