Original: Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE (Ë É li vÉ Ë zÉ l; born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian-born Jewish-American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor.
Simplified: Elie Wiesel (; born Eliezer Wiesel on September 30, 1928) is a Jewish writer, teacher, political activist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize and Holocaust survivor.