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Night is the first in a trilogy—Night, Dawn, Day—marking Wiesel's transition during and after the Holocaust from darkness to light, according to the Jewish tradition of beginning a new day at nightfall. "In Night," he said, "I wanted to show the end, the finality of the event. Everything came to an end—man, history, literature, religion, God.
Dawn is a novel by Elie Wiesel, published in 1961. It is the second in a trilogy — Night, Dawn, and Day — describing Wiesel's experiences and thoughts during and after the Holocaust. [1] Unlike Night, Dawn is a work of fiction. [2] It tells the story of Elisha, a Holocaust survivor.
Wiesel has written more than fifty books and has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Soon after earning the Nobel Prize, Wiesel and his wife Marion founded the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity. Eliezer Wiesel explains, "In Night, it is the 'I' who speaks. In the other two, it is the 'I' who listens and questions." [4] [better source needed]
Al-Lail ("Night" or "The Night"), the ninety-second sura of the Qur'an; Night, a 1956 (Yiddish), 1960 (English) book by Elie Wiesel; Night (O'Brien novel), a 1972 novel by Edna O'Brien; Night, a 1969 short play by Harold Pinter "Night" (poem), a poem by Robert Blake poem from the 1789 collection Songs of Innocence
Wiesel and his wife, Marion, started the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity in 1986. He served as chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust (later renamed the US Holocaust Memorial Council) from 1978 to 1986, spearheading the building of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] Sigmund ...
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The auroras are forecast to be more intense Thanksgiving night across the northern hemisphere, as indicated by the swath of red. Forecasters use a five-level scale to measure geometric storms ...