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One of the first signs of the beginnings of understanding is the wish to die. This life appears unbearable, another unattainable. One is no longer ashamed of wanting to die; one asks to be moved from the old cell, which one hates, to a new one, which one will only in time come to hate.
Elie Wiesel
Born: September 30, 1928
Died: July 2, 2016 (aged 87)
Bio: Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, Holocaust survivor, and Nobel Laureate.
Known for:
- Night (1956)
- Memoirs: All Rivers Run to the Sea (1995)
- The Night Trilogy (1962)
- A Beggar in Jerusalem (1970)
- The Jews of silence (1966)
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