Elie Wiesel - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

  • Prix de l'Université de la Langue Française (Prix Rivarol) for The Town Beyond the Wall, 1963.
  • National Jewish Book Council Award for The Town Beyond the Wall, 1963.
  • Ingram Merrill award, 1964.
  • Prix Médicis for A Beggar in Jerusalem, 1968.
  • Jewish Heritage Award, Haifa University, 1975.
  • Holocaust Memorial Award, New York Society of Clinical Psychologists, 1975.
  • S.Y. Agnon Medal, 1980.
  • Jabotinsky Medal, State of Israel, 1980.
  • Prix Livre Inter, France, for The Testament, 1980.
  • Grand Prize in Literature from the City of Paris for The Fifth Son, 1983.
  • Commander in the French Legion of Honor, 1984.
  • U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, 1984.
  • Medal of Liberty, 1986.
  • Nobel Peace Prize, 1986.
  • Grand Officer in the French Legion of Honor, 1990.
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1992.
  • Niebuhr Medal, Elmhurst College, Illinois, 1995.
  • Grand Cross in the French Legion of Honor, 2000.
  • Star of Romania, 2002.
  • Man of the Year award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2005.
  • Light of Truth award, International Campaign for Tibet, 2005.
  • Honorary Knighthood, United Kingdom, 2006.
  • Honorary Visiting Professor of Humanities, Rochester College, 2008.
  • National Humanities Medal, 2009.
  • Norman Mailer Prize, Lifetime Achievement, 2011.
  • Loebenberg Humanitarian Award, Florida Holocaust Museum, 2012.
  • Nadav Award, 2012.

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