Author
Elie Wiesel
September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016 · United States
Writer, Political activist, Judaic scholar, Novelist, Autobiographer, University teacher, Translator, Journalist, Humanist, Philosopher, Playwright, Association football player, Architect, Correspondent
Titles on list
3
Total weeks
13
Peak rank
#5
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Biography
- Born
- September 30, 1928 · Sighetu Marmației
- Died
- July 2, 2016 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- Yiddish, English, Hebrew, Romanian, French, Hungarian, German
- Education
- Faculty of Arts of Paris
Awards & Honours
- 1968Prix Médicis
- 1972Bordin Prize
- 1980Prix du Livre Inter
- 1983Grand Prix littéraire de la Ville de Paris
- 1984Lucien Barrière Literary Award
- 1986Nobel Peace Prize
- 1987Freedom Award
- 1987honorary doctor of the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne
- 1988honorary doctor of the University of Miami
- 1992Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 1993honorary doctorate of the Bordeaux Montaigne University
- 1995honorary degree from Spelman College
- 1995honorary doctor of the University of Picardie Jules Verne
- 1997honorary doctor of the Florida Atlantic University
- 2001Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- 2001doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
- 2005Light of Truth Award
- 2007Great Immigrants Award
- 2009National Humanities Medal
- 2011Norman Mailer Prize
- 2015honorary citizen of Jerusalem
- Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
- Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Worship
- honorary doctorate of the Weizmann Institute of Science
- honorary doctorate of Haifa University
- Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
- Medal of Liberty
- honorary doctor of Tel Aviv University
- Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Romania
- Honorary doctor of the Catholic University of Louvain
- honorary doctor of the Bar-Ilan University
- Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Congressional Gold Medal
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