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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.
For the remainder of his life, Wiesel wrote and taught about peace, injustice, and the value of human dignity. In 1986, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. He died at the age of 87 in his ...
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel [a] (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor.He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz and Buchenwald concentration camps.
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.
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]
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Elie Wiesel is seen in the second row, seventh from left. Survivors who have written about their camp experiences include Jorge Semprún , who in Quel beau dimanche! describes conversations involving Goethe and Léon Blum , and Ernst Wiechert , whose Der Totenwald was written in 1939 but not published until 1945, and which likewise involved Goethe.