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In the U.S., Wiesel wrote over 40 books, both fiction and non-fiction, and won many literary prizes. Wiesel's writing is considered among the most important works in [[The Holocaust in art and literature|Holocaust literature]]. Some historians credit Wiesel with giving the term 'Holocaust' its present meaning, but he does not feel that the word adequately describes the event and wishes it were used less frequently to describe less significant occurrences such as everyday tragedies (Wiesel:1999, 18).
He was awarded the [[Nobel
Wiesel and his wife, Marion, started the Elie Wiesel Foundation for [[Humanity]]. He served as chairman for the [[Presidential Commission on the Holocaust]] (later renamed [[U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council]]) from 1978 to 1986, spearheading the building of the [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum|Memorial Museum]] in [[Washington, DC]]. In 1993, Elie Wiesel and [[President Clinton]] lit the [[eternal flame]] in the memorial's [[Hall of Remembrance]] during the opening dedication ceremony].
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