When did I learn the Bible? When I was four or five years old. It's still the pull of my childhood, a fascination with the vanished world, and I can find everything except that world.
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