Elie Wiesel
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Twentieth Century
- Categories: Philosophy, Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Philosophers, Novelists, Short Story Writers, Drama, Theater, Playwrights, Entertainment, Entertainers, Race, Ethnicity, Racism, Civil Rights, Minority Rights, Minorities, Peace Movement, Pacifism, Pacifists, Judaism, Jews, Synagogues, Temples, Human Rights, Holocaust
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, 20th & 21st Century European History, Eastern European History
Article abstract: Wiesel is not only a prizewinning novelist, dramatist, and religious philosopher, but by writing and speaking out on behalf of the world’s victims, he has become the conscience of modern times. For his work in this area he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Early Life
Elie Wiesel was born on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, a small town in the Carpathian Mountains, in an area that belonged to Hungary during World War II but that was Romanian territory before and after the war. Wiesel’s father, though a practicing member of the Jewish...
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