Elie Wiesel

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September 30, 1928 in Sighet, Romania

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Eliezer Wiesel is a Romania-born American novelist, political activist, and Holocaust survivor of Hungarian Jewish descent. He is the author of over 40 books, the best known of which is Night, a memoir that describes his experiences during the Holocaust and his imprisonment in several concentration camps.

Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986. The Norwegian Nobel Committee called him a "messenger to mankind," noting that through his struggle to come to terms with "his own personal experience of total humiliation and of the utter contempt for humanity shown in Hitler's death camps," as well as his "practical work in the cause of peace," Wiesel has delivered a powerful message "of peace, atonement and human dignity" to humanity.

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Books by Elie Wiesel

Average rating: 4.21 · 202,320 ratings · 10,467 reviews · 63 distinct works

	Night by Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (Translator) 4.23 avg rating — 191,497 ratings — published 1955 — 61 editions	My rating:
	Dawn by Elie Wiesel, Frances Frenaye (Translator) 3.84 avg rating — 3,392 ratings — published 1960 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Day by Elie Wiesel, Anne Borchardt (Translation) 3.80 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 1961 — 12 editions	My rating:
	The Night Trilogy: Night/Dawn/The Accident 4.31 avg rating — 1,030 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Trial of God by Elie Wiesel, Matthew Fox (Photographer), Robert McAfee Brown (Introduction) 4.13 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions	My rating:
	All Rivers Run to the Sea 4.10 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions	My rating:
	The Gates of the Forest: A Novel 4.12 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Twilight by Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions	My rating:
	A Mad Desire to Dance by Elie Wiesel, Catherine Temerson (Translator) 3.10 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	My rating:
	The Forgotten by Elie Wiesel, Stephen Becker (Translator) 3.93 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions	My rating:

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Series by Elie Wiesel

The Night Trilogy (3 books)
by Elie Wiesel, Anne Borchardt (Translation)

4.22 avg rating — 197,594 ratings

The Memoirs (2 books)
by Elie Wiesel, Marion Wiesel (Translator)

4.10 avg rating — 357 ratings

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Quotes by Elie Wiesel

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism , apathy , hate , indifference , inspirational , love , opposite , philosophy

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“There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: activism , ethics , justice , philosophy

2,364 people liked it

“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.”
― Elie Wiesel

tags: deep , friendship , life , love , obsession , sharing

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