About Elie Wiesel
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, which is based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz and Buchenwald during the Holocaust.
Awards:
Presidential Medal of Freedom|Nobel Peace Prize|Prix Médicis|Congressional Gold Medal|Light of Truth Award|Freedom Award|National Humanities Medal|Prix du Livre Inter|Norman Mailer Prize|Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour|Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany|Q11888857|Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire|Lucien Barrière Literary Award|Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship|Medal of Liberty|Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain|doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University|Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania|Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva|honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University|honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University|honorary doctorate of Haifa University|honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science|Bordin Prize|honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University|honorary doctor of the University of Picardie Jules Verne|honorary citizen of Jerusalem|honorary doctor of the Florida Atlantic University|honorary doctor of the University of Miami|Great Immigrants Award|Grand Prix littéraire de la Ville de Paris|honorary degree from Spelman College|honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
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