Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel   KBE  (English pronunciation:  /??li v??z?l/ ; born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian -born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist,  Nobel Laureate , and Holocaust survivor . He is the author of 57 books, including  Night ,  a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the  Auschwitz , Buna,