(1928–2016), Romanian-born American human rights campaigner, novelist, and academic; full name Eliezer Wiesel. A survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, Wiesel became an authority on the Holocaust, documenting and publicizing Nazi war crimes. Nobel Peace Prize (1986).
Definition of Wiesel, Elie in US English:
Wiesel, Elie
proper nounvēˈzəl
(1928–2016), US human rights campaigner, novelist, and academic, born in Romania; full name Eliezer Wiesel. A survivor of the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps, he became an authority on the Holocaust, documenting and publicizing Nazi war crimes. Nobel Peace Prize (1986).