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.

Aliases (3)

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Holocaust survivor → Nobel laureate → human → human rights activist → writer →
advocatedFor	human rights → prevention of genocide → support for Soviet Jewry → support for victims of oppression worldwide →
almaMater	Sorbonne University →
awardReceived	Congressional Gold Medal → Legion of Honour → National Humanities Medal → Nobel Peace Prize → Presidential Medal of Freedom →
causeOfDeath	natural causes →
child	Elisha Wiesel →
citizenship	Romania → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	Romania →
dateOfBirth	1928-09-30 →
dateOfDeath	2016-07-02 →
employer	Boston University →
ethnicGroup	Jewish people →
familyName	Wiesel →
founded	Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity →
fullName	Eliezer Wiesel →
genre	Holocaust literature → fiction → memoir →
givenName	Eliezer →
imprisonedIn	Auschwitz concentration camp → Buchenwald concentration camp →
languageOfWorkOrName	English → French → Hebrew → Yiddish →
movement	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 →

Referenced by (27)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
A Beggar in Jerusalem → Dawn → Day → Night → Souls on Fire → The Jews of Silence → The Trial of God →	author
Elie Wiesel ("Wiesel") → Eliezer Wiesel ("Wiesel") →	familyName
Souls on Fire → The Jews of Silence →	hasAuthor
A Beggar in Jerusalem → Souls on Fire →	notableWorkOf
Elie Wiesel ("Elisha Wiesel") →	child
The Trial of God →	creator
Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity →	foundedBy
Elie Wiesel ("Eliezer Wiesel") →	fullName
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities →	hasHolder
Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity →	hasKeyPerson
Sighetu Marmației →	isBirthplaceOf
Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity →	namedAfter
Buchenwald →	notablePrisoner
Auschwitz-Birkenau →	notableSurvivor
Dayton Literary Peace Prize →	notableWinner
Night →	protagonistBasedOn
Marion Wiesel →	spouse
Marion Wiesel →	workedWith