Wiesel

American  

[wi-zel] / wɪˈzɛl /

noun

1. Elie Eliezer, 1928–2016, U.S. author, born in Romania: Nobel Peace Prize 1986.

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Wiesel British  

/ ˈviːzəl /

noun

1. Elie. born 1928, US human rights campaigner: noted esp for his documentaries of wartime atrocities against the Jews; Nobel peace prize (1986); honorary knighthood (2006)

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Example Sentences

He serves as chairman of the Elie Wiesel Foundation.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the words of fellow survivor Elie Wiesel, Levi "died at Auschwitz 40 years later".

From BBC

Elie Wiesel later said in a speech to mark the 50th anniversary of the liberation, external that the Nazi crimes at Auschwitz "produced a mutation on a cosmic scale, affecting man's dreams and endeavours".

From BBC

Neutrality benefits the dictator, as Elie Wiesel said.

From Salon

He is the author of a recently published biography of Elie Wiesel.

From New York Times