Elie Wiesel

Elie Wiesel (; born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-American Jewish writer, teacher, political activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and Holocaust survivor. His most well-known book is "Night" which is about his life in several concentration camps during the Holocaust. He was a humanitarian. 
Wiesel won the 1986 Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee praised his message "of peace, atonement and human dignity".
Wiesel died on July 2, 2016 at his home in Manhattan, aged 87.