If there was a decisive moment in my life that shaped my future as a writer, it was the day Elie Wiesel shook my hand.. I was 17, and had just finished my proudest piece of writing — an English ...

In an interview published today with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel, who just turned 84, reveals that “[President Barack] Obama and I decided to write a book together ...

Tragedies and horrendous acts in the world cause Elie Wiesel to despair. But his feelings about the injustice don’t paralyze him. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning author and teacher told hundred… ...

Elie Wiesel began writing “Night” at a time when the world was still uninterested in the murder of 6 million European Jews. First published in 1958, his haunting memoir of his imprisonment as ...

Elie Wiesel recently told the Journal that he's always working on his next book, even while promoting a new one. True to form, in August, Wiesel released a novel, "Hostage," and next month, he ...

Wiesel began writing to bear witness to the Holocaust and to inspire others to write their stories. For years, he has defended the importance of memory against those who deny aspects of the Holocaust.

In the decades since, Wiesel’s impassioned writing and speaking have won him a Nobel Peace Prize, ... You lost your savings, and the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity lost its $15 million, ...

When Elie Wiesel initially tried to describe his experience during the Holocaust, he later wrote, ... To write, he re-immersed himself in the darkness of the night.

NEW YORK --Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic "Night" became a landmark testament to the Nazis' crimes and launched Wiesel's long career as one of the ...