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Elie Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor.
* He was born in Sighet, Romania, in 1928.
* In 1944, at the age of 15, he was deported to Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
* He lost his parents and younger sister in the Holocaust.
* After the war, he moved to Paris, where he studied philosophy and journalism.
* In 1956, he published his first book, Night, a memoir of his experiences in the concentration camps.
* Night became an international bestseller and won the French Prix Médicis in 1958.
* Wiesel went on to write over 50 books, including novels, essays, and children's books.
* In 1986, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work as a witness to the Holocaust and his commitment to peace and human rights.
* Wiesel died in New York City in 2016 at the age of 87.