埃利•威塞爾，作傢，諾貝爾和平奬得主。

1928年齣生於匈牙利，二次大戰期間他和傢人都被納粹送往集中營，父母和小妹死於集中營中，隻有他和兩位姊姊僥幸生還。戰後他在法國孤兒院生活瞭幾年，於巴黎索邦大學完成學業。

《夜》是他的第一本著作，也是最重要的一本。他關心猶太人與其他同樣受迫害族群的處境，呼籲世人譴責暴力與仇恨， 1985年美國總統裏根授予他國會金質勛章，1992年老布什總統授予他總統自由勛章， 1986年獲得諾貝爾和平奬。入選《時代》雜誌全球100位最有影響力人士。

"Night" -- A terrifying account of the Nazi death camp horror that turns a young Jewish boy into an agonized witness to the death of his family...the death of his innocence...and the death of his God. Penetrating and powerful, as personal as "The Diary Of Anne Frank," "Night" awakens the shocking memory of evil at its absolute and carries with it the unforgettable message that this horror must never be allowed to happen again. "To the best of my knowledge no one has left behind him so moving a record." -- Alfred Kazin "Wiesel has taken his own anguish and imaginatively metamorphosed it into art." -- Curt Leviant, "Saturday Review"