Elie Wiesel — American Novelist born on September 30, 1928,

Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE is a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, and Nobel Laureate. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps. Wiesel is also the Advisory Board chairman of the newspaper Algemeiner Journal... (wikipedia)