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。

Born into a Jewish ghetto in Hungary, as a child, Elie Wiesel was sent to the Nazi concentration camps at Auschwitz and Buchenwald. This is his account of that atrocity: the ever-increasing horrors he endured, the loss of his family and his struggle to survive in a world that stripped him of humanity, dignity and faith. Describing in simple terms the tragic murder of people from a survivor's perspective, "Night" is among the most personal, intimate and poignant of all accounts of the Holocaust. A compelling consideration of the darkest side of human nature and the enduring power of hope, it remains one of the most important works of the twentieth century.