I decided to devote my life to telling the story because I felt that having survived I owe something to the dead. and anyone who does not remember betrays them again.
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
