Elie Wiesel (born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian-born Jewish writer,professor, political activist, and Nobel Laureate. He is the author of 57 books, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a prisoner in the Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald concentration camps.Wiesel is also the Advisory Board chairman of the newspaper Algemeiner Journal.He received Norman Mailer Prize for Lifetime Achievement in 2011.