A new translation from the french by marion wiesel. The young mans experience during the holocaust defined his life going forward, as is evidenced in elie wiesels book night, which, in barely more than 100 pages, rattled the world. Elie wiesel was born in 1928 in sighet, a small village in northern transylvania, romania, an area that was part of hungary from 1941 to 1945. Jan 10, 1945, elie and his father are sent to roofless cattle cars. Read cnn s elie wiesel fast facts and learn more about the life of holocaust survivor, noble peace prize winner and author elie wiesel. Night, a memoir of a young boys spiritual reaction to auschwitz. For the world to remember and learn from the holocaust was not elie wiesels only goal. Born in romania in 1928, elie wiesel was the son of a grocer and seem destined to a life that would follow in his fathers footsteps. Drive out despair, and you will keep death away from yourselves. However, as yet, night has been translated in more than 30 languages and by 1997 the book was selling over 300,000 copies annually in the us alone. Elie describes his first night in the concentration camp and how everything changed. The book was originally 800 pages long, and written in yiddish. Jun 11, 2019 the young mans experience during the holocaust defined his life going forward, as is evidenced in elie wiesel s book night, which, in barely more than 100 pages, rattled the world. He will always remember the children dying and what it was like to have your faith truly tested.
Never shall i forget these things, even if i am condemned to live as long as god himself. The title of elie wiesels book night is no accident, as night is used symbolically throughout the story. It was amazing to see how well elie wiesel was able to speak to this group of young people. Young readers share their thoughts about wiesels night. Though just a brief 116 pages, the book has received considerable acclaim, and the author won the nobel prize in 1986. Night 1960 is a work by elie wiesel about his experience with his father in the nazi german. A list of important facts about elie wiesels night, including setting, climax, protagonists, and antagonists. Night is the first in a trilogy wiesel wrote the night trilogy to symbolize the transition from the darkness of hopelessness to the light of hope. Elie is a writer, political activist, nobel laureate, and surviver of the holocaust. He is the author of over 40 books, the best known of which is night. A world war would interfere with these plans and his jewish heritage would make him a target. He later documented his experiences in concentration camps in the classic book night. In 1956, wiesel visited new york for his report on united nations. Elie wiesel is a jewishamerican author, professor and activist best known for his book night, about his experiences as a prisoner of auschwitz during world.
Night author and holocaust survivor elie wiesel ponders. Jan 1, 1942, moshe returns to warn elie of the gestapo. Beatrice bea wiesel the second child of the wiesels, bea also assists in the family grocery store. Jul 1, 1944, elie and his father are marched to buna. When oprah winfrey chose night for her book club in 2006, a revised edition sold. At home, wiesels family spoke yiddish most of the time, but also german, hungarian, and romanian. Night traces eliezers psychological journey, as the holocaust robs him of his faith in god and exposes him to the deepest inhumanity of which man is capable.
Elie wiesel is a nobelprize winning writer, teacher and activist known for his memoir night, in which he recounted his experiences surviving the holocaust. For the world to remember and learn from the holocaust was not elie wiesel s only goal. Elie wiesels mother and younger sister perished in the gas chamber there. Elie wiesel, jewish writer who won the nobel peace prize largely for works. Wiesel based the bookat least in parton his own experiences during world war ii. Tzipora wiesel a miniature vision of stoicism during the march to the cattle car, elies sevenyearold sister wears a red coat and struggles. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of night by elie wiesel. Read cnns elie wiesel fast facts and learn more about the life of holocaust survivor, noble peace prize winner and author elie wiesel. Wiesel had to struggle several years to find a publisher for his book and even when he did only few copies were sold initially. Tzipora was 7 years old when she died at auschwitz concentration camp, in poland. Since his unprecedented memoir night woke up the world to the atrocities of the holocaust in 1958, nobel laureate elie wiesel has dedicated his days to turning his survival story from one of horror to one of hope. The title of elie wiesel s book night is no accident, as night is used symbolically throughout the story.
Elie wiesel a native of sighet, transylvania romania, from 19401945 part of hungary, wiesel and his family were deported by the nazis to auschwitz when he was 15 years old. From several works inspired by his experience to his insightful reflections in after the darkness, wiesel s work serves to both admonish and inspire. Wiesel was the only son of four children of shlomo, a grocer, and his wife, sarah feig wiesel. Wiesel and his father were later transported to buchenwald, where his father died. His most wellknown book is night which is about his life in several concentration camps during the. His instructor, moshe the beadle, returns from a neardeath experience and warns that nazi aggressors will soon threaten the serenity of their lives. Night is a memoir by elie wiesel that was first published in 1960.
Night by elie wiesel is part of a trilogy of books charting the authors journey from the darkness of the holocaust to the light of postwar peace and his career as a writer, academic, and nobel laureate. Seventeenyearold elie was still alive when american soldiers opened the camp. The series follows the jewish tradition of beginning the day at nightfall, hence night being the first volume. Elie wiesel biographical e lie wiesel was born in 1928 in the town of sighet, now part of romania. The book then follows his journey through several concentration camps in europe. A list of important facts about elie wiesels night, including setting, climax. Eliezer elie wiesel won the nobel prize peace prize in 1986 for spreading his message of peace after his horrific experiences as a holocaust survivor. The january 20 article on oprah winfreys selection of elie wiesels night for her book club was on the mark six million little pieces. The books narrator is eliezer, an orthodox jewish teenager who studies the talmud by day, and by night weeps over the destruction of the temple. In 1944, in the village of sighet, romania, twelveyearold elie wiesel spends much time and emotion on the talmud and on jewish mysticism.
He was born eliezer wiesel on september 30 th, 1928 in sighet, transylvania in the carpathian mountains, to shlomo weisel and sarah feig. Night 1960 is a work by elie wiesel about his experience with his father in the nazi german concentration camps at auschwitz and buchenwald in 19441945, at the height of the holocaust toward the end of the second world war. Night by elie wiesel is part of a trilogy of books charting the authors journey from the darkness of the holocaust to the light of postwar peace and his career as. The novel, night by elie wiesel, is his book about the destruction of the jews by the nazis written twenty years after he was set free from auschwitz at the age of 16.
About the photos top photo is tziporas father, bottom photo is tziporas brother elie. These night themes will help you discuss the novel intelligently. Elie wiesel was a journalist, author, and professor of the 20th century. After he published night in 1958, he released dawn in 1960 and day in 1961. Elizer wiesel grew up in sighet, a small town in translyvania. September 30, 1928 july 2, 2016 was a romanianborn american writer, professor, political activist, nobel laureate, and holocaust survivor. This new translation by marion wiesel, elies wife and frequent translator, presents this seminal memoir in the language and spirit truest to the authors original intent. He is also famous for his arguably most powerful and renowned book in holocaust literature, night which is inspired by his personal experience as a prisoner in auschwitz, buna, and buchenwald concentration camps. Some of the themes in night by elie wiesel include the struggle to maintain faith through suffering, the evil of humanity, the dangers of silence, and the importance of fatherson relationships. Night, of course, is dark, and its use in this story is no accident it represents the. Elie wiesel facts elie wiesel is a jewishamerican author, professor and activist best known for his book night, about his experiences as a prisoner of auschwitz during world war ii.
His most notable work, however, was for his autobiographical work night detailing his survival in nazi concentration camps. Elie wiesel books list of books by author elie wiesel. He authored 57 books, written mostly in french and english, including night, a work based on his experiences as a. Elie wiesel, byname of eliezer wiesel, born september 30, 1928, sighet, romaniadied july 2, 2016, new york, new york, u. Try one of the apps below to open or edit this item.
Sep 11, 2015 5 interesting facts about elie wiesel. Elie wiesel s mother and younger sister perished in the gas chamber there. In just over 100 pages of sparse and fragmented narrative, wiesel writes about the death of god and his own. Despite many tests of his humanity, however, eliezer maintains his devotion to his father. This article will give you a summary of the book night by elie wiesel. Born on september 30, 1928, in sighet, romania, elie wiesel pursued jewish religious studies before his family was forced into nazi death camps during wwii. It will keep the memories of the holocaust alive for future generations, even when elie wiesel and other survivors arent physically present to recall. Never shall i forget these things, even if i am condemned to live long as god himself. Night is elie wiesels masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the nazi death camps. Tzipora was the younger sister of famed author, holocaust survivor, and 1986 noble peace prize winner, elie wiesel.
Born in romania in 1928, elie wiesel was the son of a grocer and. Elie wiesel simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Hilda wiesel as she nears the time of betrothal, elies oldest sister works in the family store. Night quotes by elie wiesel meet your next favorite book. Yet even though we know that hell make it, its just amazing to go through his journey and to see what he had to survive to tell this story. Since elie wiesel s early age his father implanted in him a sense of humanism. Night, by elie wiesel, is a work of holocaust literature with a decidedly autobiographical slant. During world war ii, he, with his family and other jews from the area, were deported to the german concentration and extermination camps, where his parents and little sister perished. Born in the town of sighet, transylvania, elie wiesel was a teenager when he and his family were taken from their home in 1944 to auschwitz concentration camp, and then to buchenwald. His most wellknown book is night which is about his life in several concentration camps during the holocaust. Eliezer the narrator of night and the standin for the memoirs author, elie wiesel. His mother and younger sister perished there, his two older sisters survived. It is considered by some critics to be the most powerful literary expression of the holocaust.
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