Elie Wiesel





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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Average rating: 4.21 · 202,320 ratings · 10,467 reviews · 63 distinct works
Night
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 191,497 ratings — published 1955 — 61 editions
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Dawn
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 3,392 ratings — published 1960 — 15 editions
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Day
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 1,675 ratings — published 1961 — 12 editions
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The Night Trilogy: Night/Da...
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 1,030 ratings — published 1969 — 10 editions
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The Trial of God
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4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1979 — 4 editions
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All Rivers Run to the Sea
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1995 — 16 editions
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The Gates of the Forest: A ...
4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 221 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions
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Twilight
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 234 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions
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A Mad Desire to Dance
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3.1 of 5 stars 3.10 avg rating — 283 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions
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The Forgotten
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 1989 — 8 editions
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More books by Elie Wiesel…
Night Dawn Day
The Night Trilogy (3 books)
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4.215846635019282 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 197,594 ratings
All Rivers Run to the Sea And the Sea is Never Full
The Memoirs (2 books)
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4.098039215686274 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 357 ratings

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“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

“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

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

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