Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel KBE (; born September 30, 1928) is a Romanian-born Jewish writer, professor, political activist, holocaust survivor, 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.