I marvel at the resilience of the Jewish people. Their best characteristic is their desire to remember. No other people has such an obsession with memory.
Descriptionwriter, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
AliasesEliezer Wiesel
BornSeptember 30, 1928
CountryRomania; United States Of America
ProfessionWriter; Political Activist; Judaic Scholar; Novelist; Autobiographer
AwardsNobel Peace Prize; Knight Commander Of The Order Of The British Empire; Norman Mailer Prize; Presidential Medal Of Freedom; National Humanities Medal; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Of Worship; Freedom Award; Light Of Truth Award
