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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.
In Night, [22] Wiesel recalled the shame he felt when he heard his father being beaten and was unable to help. [20] [23] Wiesel was tattooed with inmate number "A-7713" on his left arm. [24] [25] The camp was liberated by the U.S. Third Army on April 11, 1945, when they were just prepared to be evacuated from Buchenwald. [26]
Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 1970 ISBN 2-02-001140-9: One Generation After: Lily Edelman with Elie Wiesel, New York: Random House, 1970 ISBN 0-394-43915-5: Essays, Religion, Interviews A Jew Today: Random House, 1978 ISBN 0-394-42054-3: Essays, Religion Images from the Bible: the paintings of Shalom of Safed, the words of Elie Wiesel (with Shalom ...
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.
"Moshe" is from the original 1960 English translation of Night. Moshe the Beadle is: Moché-le-Bedeau in Elie Wiesel's La Nuit (1958), the French edition from which Night originated; Moshe in Night 1960, 1982; Moshe, Moishele and Moishe in Wiesel's All Rivers Run to the Sea (1995, 2010); Moshe in Elie Wiesel: Conversations (2002); and; Moishe ...
Elie Wiesel: 30 September 1928 in Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș, Romania 2 July 2016 in Manhattan, New York, United States 1970 "for being a messenger of peace and brotherhood, fighting in for the cause of human rights and building bridges between generations through his literary works." [26] Jean Halpérin et al. [x] (1921–2012) France: 1971
Day, published in 1962, is the third book in a trilogy by Romanian-born American writer and political activist Elie Wiesel—Night, Dawn, and Day—describing his experiences and thoughts during and after the Holocaust. [1] [2] [3]
Le cinquième fils (1983), [1] translated as The Fifth Son (1985) by Marion Wiesel, [2] is a novel by Elie Wiesel continuing the thematic material of The Testament. [3] It won the Grand Prize in Literature from the city of Paris .