Elie Wiesel

Prize: Nobel Peace Prize — 1986

for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity

Citizenship: statelessness Israel Kingdom of Romania Kingdom of Hungary United States
Languages: English, Romanian, Yiddish, French, Hungarian, Hebrew, German
date of birth: 9/30/1928
place of birth: Sighetu Marmației
date of death: 7/2/2016
place of death: New York City
Lived: 87 years

occupation: writer
association football player
philosopher
Judaic scholar
autobiographer
architect
translator
playwright
journalist
university teacher
novelist
humanist
political activist
correspondent
notable work: Night
educated at: Faculty of Arts of Paris
employer: Boston University
City University of New York
Yedioth Ahronoth
member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Romanian Academy
work location: Paris
New York City

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