About the Author
Elie Wiesel is the author of more than forty books, including Night, The Accident, A Beggar in Jerusalem (winner of the Prix Medicis), and All Rivers Run to the Sea, the first volume of his memoirs. He has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States Congressional Gold Medal, the French Legion of Honor, and, in 1986, the Nobel Peace Prize. He is Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities and University Professor at Boston University. Most of his recent books, including this one, have been translated into English by his wife, Marion. The Wiesels live in New York City.