Elie Wiesel

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Holocaust survivor Nobel laureate human human rights activist writer

Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born Jewish writer, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate best known for his memoir "Night" and his lifelong advocacy for human rights and remembrance of the Holocaust.

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Elie Wiesel canonical 44
Wiesel 3
Eliezer Wiesel 1

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Nobel laureate ⓘ
human ⓘ
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writer ⓘ
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prevention of genocide ⓘ
support for Soviet Jewry ⓘ
support for victims of oppression worldwide ⓘ
almaMater Sorbonne University ⓘ
awardReceived Congressional Gold Medal ⓘ
Légion d'honneur ⓘ
surface form: Legion of Honour

National Humanities Medal ⓘ
Nobel Peace Prize ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
causeOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
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citizenship Romania ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
countryOfBirth Romania ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-09-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-07-02 ⓘ
employer Boston University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish people ⓘ
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surface form: Wiesel
founded Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity ⓘ
fullName Elie Wiesel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eliezer Wiesel
genre Holocaust literature ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
givenName Eliezer ⓘ
imprisonedIn AuschwitzBirkenau ⓘ
surface form: Auschwitz concentration camp

Buchenwald ⓘ
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languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
Yiddish ⓘ
movement Holocaust remembrance ⓘ
surface form: Holocaust remembrance movement

human rights movement ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory Peace ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear 1986 ⓘ
notableIdea importance of Holocaust remembrance ⓘ
notableWork A Beggar in Jerusalem ⓘ
Dawn ⓘ
Day ⓘ
Night ⓘ
Souls on Fire ⓘ
The Jews of Silence ⓘ
The Trial of God ⓘ
occupation journalist ⓘ
memoirist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
political activist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Sighetu Marmației ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
positionHeld Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
spouse Marion Wiesel ⓘ
subjectOf Holocaust ⓘ

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Dayton Literary Peace Prize → notableWinner → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
Wallenberg Medal → hasRecipient → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
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Night–Dawn–Day trilogy → author → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
Elie Wiesel Holocaust trilogy → author → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
The Accident → author → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
The Testament → author → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
All Rivers Run to the Sea → author → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
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Schocken Books → notableAuthorPublished → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
Richard C. Holbrooke Distinguished Achievement Award → hasNotableRecipient → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
Ellis Island Medal of Honor → hasRecipient → Elie Wiesel ⓘ
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