My greatest disappointment is that I believe that those of us who went through the war and tried to write about it, about their experience, became messengers. We have given the message, and nothing changed.
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
