Editing Elie Wiesel (section)

==Awards and honors==
* Prix de l'Université de la Langue Française (Prix Rivarol) for ''The Town Beyond the Wall'', 1963.<ref name="Elie Wiesel's Secretive Texts">{{cite book |last=Davis |first=Colin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qkv2bkuXX0YC&pg=PA2 |title=Elie Wiesel's Secretive Texts |location=Gainesville, FL |publisher=University Press of Florida |year=1994 |isbn=0-8130-1303-8}}</ref>
*[[National Jewish Book Award]] for ''The Town Beyond the Wall'', 1965.<ref name="Elie Wiesel's Secretive Texts"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners|title=Past Winners|website=Jewish Book Council|language=en|access-date=January 19, 2020|archive-date=August 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190818195619/https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Ingram Merrill Foundation|Ingram Merrill]] award, 1964.<ref name="ushmm.org">{{cite encyclopedia
 | title = Elie Wiesel Timeline and World Events: From 1952
 | encyclopedia = Holocaust Encyclopedia
 | publisher = [[United States Holocaust Memorial Museum]]
 | url = http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007201
 | access-date = February 4, 2012
 | archive-date = July 13, 2018
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180713134921/https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007201
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>
* [[Prix Médicis]] for ''A Beggar in Jerusalem'', 1968.<ref name="Elie Wiesel's Secretive Texts"/>
*National Jewish Book Award for ''Souls on Fire: Portraits and Legends of Hasidic Masters'', 1973.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners?category=30766|title=Past Winners|website=Jewish Book Council|language=en|access-date=January 23, 2020|archive-date=June 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605122003/https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/awards/national-jewish-book-awards/past-winners?category=30766|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Jewish Heritage Award, Haifa University, 1975.<ref name="ushmm.org"/>
* Holocaust Memorial Award, New York Society of Clinical Psychologists, 1975.<ref name="ushmm.org"/>
* S.Y. Agnon Medal, 1980.<ref name="ushmm.org"/>
* Jabotinsky Medal, State of Israel, 1980.<ref name="ushmm.org"/>
* Prix Livre Inter, France, for ''The Testament'', 1980.<ref name="Elie Wiesel's Secretive Texts"/>
* Grand Prize in Literature from the City of Paris for ''The Fifth Son'', 1983.<ref name="Elie Wiesel's Secretive Texts"/>
* Commander in the [[Legion of Honour|French Legion of Honor]], 1984.<ref name="Elie Wiesel's Secretive Texts"/>
* U.S. [[Congressional Gold Medal]], 1984.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110723055434/http://artandhistory.house.gov/house_history/goldMedal.aspx Congressional Gold Medal Recipients] (1776 to Present)</ref>
* Four Freedoms Award for the Freedom of Worship, 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325223647/http://www.rooseveltinstitute.org/four-freedoms-awards|url-status=dead|title=Rooseveltinstitute.org|archive-date=March 25, 2015}}</ref>
* [[Medal of Liberty]], 1986.<ref>{{Citation
 | last1 = Ferraro
 | first1 = Thomas
 | title = 12 Famous Immigrants Presented with Medal of Liberty
 | newspaper = [[St. Petersburg Times]]
 | date = July 4, 1986
 | url = https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p7gMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2936%2C2369392
 | pages = 18A
 }}</ref>
* [[Nobel Peace Prize]], 1986.
* Grand Officer in the [[Legion of Honour|French Legion of Honor]], 1990.<ref name="dss">{{Cite web |title=Elie Wiesel scheduled to appear at Distinguished Speaker Series--Click here for more information and to order tickets |url=https://www.speakersla.com/season-archives/2002-03/wiesel.htm |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=www.speakersla.com}}</ref>
* [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], 1992
* Niebuhr Medal, [[Elmhurst College]], Illinois, 1995.<ref>{{cite web
 |title = The Niebuhr Legacy: Elie Wiesel
 |publisher = [[Elmhurst College]]
 |url = http://public.elmhurst.edu/collections/niebuhrlegacy/2607586.html
 |access-date = February 5, 2012
|url-status = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120205214340/http://public.elmhurst.edu/collections/niebuhrlegacy/2607586.html
 |archive-date = February 5, 2012
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>
* Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]], 1996, presented by Awards Council member [[Rosa Parks]] at the academy's 35th annual Summit in Sun Valley, Idaho.<ref>{{cite web|title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement|website=achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service/|access-date=April 15, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#public-service/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Grand Cross in the [[Legion of Honour|French Legion of Honor]], 2000.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Elie Wiesel Timeline and World Events: From 1952|url=https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/elie-wiesel-timeline-and-world-events-from-1952|access-date=August 8, 2023|website=encyclopedia.ushmm.org|language=en|archive-date=July 18, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230718114949/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/elie-wiesel-timeline-and-world-events-from-1952|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Order of the Star of Romania]], 2002.<ref name="ushmm.org"/>
* Man of the Year award, [[Tel Aviv Museum of Art]], 2005.<ref name="ushmm.org"/>
* Light of Truth award, [[International Campaign for Tibet]], 2005.<ref name="ushmm.org"/>
* Honorary [[British honours system#Knighthood|Knighthood]], United Kingdom, 2006.<ref name="Cohen"/>
* Honorary Visiting professor of humanities, [[Rochester College]], 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.christianchronicle.org/article2158505~Holocaust_survivor_honored |work=Christian Chronicle |title=Holocaust survivor honored |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003102219/http://www.christianchronicle.org/article2158505~Holocaust_survivor_honored |archive-date=October 3, 2008 }}</ref>
* [[National Humanities Medal]], 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/nationalmedals.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721054114/http://www.neh.gov/whoweare/nationalmedals.html |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |title=Winners of the National Humanities Medal and the Charles Frankel Prize |date=July 21, 2011 |access-date=February 20, 2013}}</ref>
* [[Norman Mailer Prize]], Lifetime Achievement, 2011.
* Loebenberg Humanitarian Award, [[Florida Holocaust Museum]], 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/events/to-life-annual-event.aspx |publisher=[[Florida Holocaust Museum]] |title=To Life: Celebrating 20 Years |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207230401/https://www.flholocaustmuseum.org/events/to-life-annual-event.aspx |archive-date=February 7, 2012 }}</ref>
* Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, 2012<ref>{{cite web|title=Kenyon Review for Literary Achievement|url=http://www.kenyonreview.org/programs/kenyon-review-award-for-literary-achievement/|website=KenyonReview.org|access-date=August 20, 2017|archive-date=January 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180109090416/https://www.kenyonreview.org/programs/kenyon-review-award-for-literary-achievement/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Nadav Award, 2012.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4303500,00.html |title=Elie Wiesel receives 2012 Nadav Award. Ynetnews. November 11, 2012 |newspaper=Ynetnews |date=November 11, 2012 |access-date=February 20, 2013 |archive-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703080927/http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4303500,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen, an award given out annually by [[Jefferson Awards for Public Service|Jefferson Awards]], 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|title=National Winners – public service awards – Jefferson Awards.org|access-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101124043935/http://jeffersonawards.org/pastwinners/national|archive-date=November 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* John Jay Medal for Justice [[John Jay College]], 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/acalendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=6912&information_id=18766&type=&syndicate=syndicate|title=John Jay Justice Award 2014|work=cuny.edu|access-date=April 30, 2014|archive-date=February 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170201235814/http://johnjay.jjay.cuny.edu/acalendar/EventList.aspx?view=EventDetails&eventidn=6912&information_id=18766&type=&syndicate=syndicate|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Bust of Wiesel was carved on the Human Rights Porch of the [[Washington National Cathedral]] in Washington, D.C., 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cathedral Adds Stone Carving of Elie Wiesel to Its Human Rights Porch |url=https://cathedral.org/press-room/cathedral-adds-stone-carving-of-elie-wiesel-to-its-human-rights-porch/ |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=Washington National Cathedral |language=en-US |archive-date=May 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220521035643/https://cathedral.org/press-room/cathedral-adds-stone-carving-of-elie-wiesel-to-its-human-rights-porch/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Honorary degrees===
Wiesel had received more than 90 honorary degrees from colleges worldwide.<ref>[http://www.newswise.com/articles/elie-wiesel-commencement-speaker "Elie Wiesel: Commencement Speaker"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813033131/http://www.newswise.com/articles/elie-wiesel-commencement-speaker |date=August 13, 2016 }}, ''Newswise'', May 7, 1999</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[Lehigh University]], Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1985.<ref>{{cite news
 | title = Honorary Degrees Going To 6 At Lehigh
 | newspaper = [[The Morning Call]]
 | date = May 15, 1985
| url = https://www.mcall.com/1985/05/15/honorary-degrees-going-to-6-at-lehigh/
 | access-date = February 3, 2012
| archive-date = January 19, 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120119233446/http://articles.mcall.com/1985-05-15/news/2471811_1_honorary-humane-letters-elie-wiesel
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[DePaul University]], Chicago, Illinois, 1997.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Presidents, premiers and peacemakers merit honorary degrees
 | publisher = [[DePaul University]]
 | url = http://distinctions.depaul.edu/Pages/honorarydegree.aspx
 | access-date = February 5, 2012
 | archive-date = June 9, 2010
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100609214505/http://distinctions.depaul.edu/Pages/honorarydegree.aspx
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>
* Doctorate, [[Seton Hall University]], New Jersey, 1998.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Honorary Degree Recipients
 | publisher = [[Seton Hall University]]
 | url = http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-04-17/news/0504160074_1_carroll-county-elie-wiesel-public-school
 | date = April 17, 2005
| access-date = February 5, 2012
| archive-date = April 7, 2014
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092133/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-04-17/news/0504160074_1_carroll-county-elie-wiesel-public-school
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humanities, [[Michigan State University]], 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hgar-srv3.bu.edu/web/elie-wiesel/search/results?query=name:46369&size=10|title=Results - Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center|access-date=July 3, 2016|archive-date=August 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815030943/http://hgar-srv3.bu.edu/web/elie-wiesel/search/results?query=name:46369&size=10|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* Doctorate, [[McDaniel College]], Westminster, Maryland, 2005.<ref>{{cite news
 | title = Convocation set tomorrow to honor Elie Wiesel
 | newspaper = [[The Baltimore Sun]]
 | url = http://www.shu.edu/events/commencement/honorary-degree-recipients.cfm
 | access-date = February 5, 2012
| archive-date = April 28, 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120428214021/http://www.shu.edu/events/commencement/honorary-degree-recipients.cfm
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[Chapman University]], 2005.<ref>{{cite web|last=Coker|first=Matt|title=Elie Wiesel Joins Chapman University, to Guide Undergrads Spring Semesters Through 2015|url=http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2010/08/elie_wiesel_joins_chapman_univ.php|work=OC Weekly|access-date=January 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103042543/http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2010/08/elie_wiesel_joins_chapman_univ.php|archive-date=November 3, 2013}}</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[Dartmouth College]], 2006.<ref>{{cite journal
 | title = Elie Wiesel to Speak at Commencement
 | journal = Vox of Dartmouth
 | publisher = Dartmouth College
 | date = May 15, 2006
| url = http://www.dartmouth.edu/~vox/0506/0515/commencement.html
 | access-date = February 6, 2012
| archive-date = June 7, 2010
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100607215713/http://www.dartmouth.edu/~vox/0506/0515/commencement.html
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[Cabrini College]], Radnor, Pennsylvania, 2007.<ref>{{cite journal
 | title = Message from the President
 | journal = Cabrini Magazine
 | volume = 4
 | issue = 2
 | page = 2
 | publisher = Cabrini College
 | location = Pennsylvania
 | date = February 22, 2007
 | url = https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:g2jsRW9eWk8J:www.cabrini.edu/News-and-Events/~/media/Files/Magazine/07WinterMagazine.ashx+&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESi5UHqlQEm0LChUbRQhgb1PRFhHjBlbU5uXRIanw-H_wlkPejvxBzgoiUhf8LzlQsVLRXb7XY55xLCTWR7yPKpchyd-9n-5DPneDQYWAIdb8bytyMfOHGdjqYtXG2DZebF2UGkS&sig=AHIEtbTeO1qSM1mxAIV9Aqc-Y8nEbKFpuQ&pli=1
 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[University of Vermont]], 2007.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Elie Wiesel to Speak At UVM April 25, Receive Honorary Degree
 | publisher = [[University of Vermont]]
 | date = April 24, 2007
 | url = http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News&storyID=10390
 | access-date = February 5, 2012
 | archive-date = October 19, 2001
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20011019123910/http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=News
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humanities, [[Oakland University]], Rochester, Michigan, 2007.<ref>
{{cite web
 |title = OU to award Elie Wiesel honorary degree during lecture
 |publisher = [[Oakland University]]
 |date = October 2, 2007
|url = http://www.oakland.edu/news/?sid=34&nid=4191
 |access-date = February 5, 2012
|url-status = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140407103315/http://www.oakland.edu/news/?sid=34&nid=4191
 |archive-date = April 7, 2014
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>
* Doctor of Letters, [[City College of New York]], 2008.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = ELIE WIESEL TO DELIVER INAUGURAL PRESIDENT'S LECTURE AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK
 | publisher = [[City College of New York]]
 | date = March 25, 2008
| url = http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/pr/ELIE-WIESEL-TO-DELIVER-INAUGURAL-PRESIDENTS-LECTURE-AT-THE-CITY-COLLEGE-OF-NEW-YORK.cfm
 | access-date = February 5, 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081003100536/http://www1.ccny.cuny.edu/advancement/pr/ELIE-WIESEL-TO-DELIVER-INAUGURAL-PRESIDENTS-LECTURE-AT-THE-CITY-COLLEGE-OF-NEW-YORK.cfm
 | archive-date = October 3, 2008
| url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
* Doctorate, [[Tel Aviv University]], 2008.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Elie Wiesel and Martin J. Whitman Among Notable American Recipients of TAU's Highest Honor
 | publisher = American Friends of [[Tel Aviv University]]
 | date = May 20, 2008
| url = http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7031
 | access-date = February 5, 2012
| archive-date = January 26, 2012
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120126175755/http://www.aftau.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7031
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>
* Doctorate, [[Weizmann Institute]], Rehovot, Israel, 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/honorary-doctorates-of-the-weizmann-institute-of-science |title=Honorary Doctorates of the Weizmann Institute of Science |access-date=February 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125153730/http://wis-wander.weizmann.ac.il/honorary-doctorates-of-the-weizmann-institute-of-science |archive-date=January 25, 2012 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[Bucknell University]], Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 2009.<ref>
{{cite web
 |title = Honorary Degrees
 |publisher = [[Bucknell University]]
 |url = http://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/Commencement/Honary%20Degrees_Wiesel.pdf
 |access-date = February 5, 2012
|url-status = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120802001644/http://www.bucknell.edu/Documents/Commencement/Honary%20Degrees_Wiesel.pdf
 |archive-date = August 2, 2012
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>
* Doctor of Letters, [[Lehigh University]], Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 2010.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = 2010 honorary degree recipients announced
 | publisher = [[Lehigh University]]
 | date = March 26, 2010
 | url = http://www4.lehigh.edu/news/newsarticle.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FNews%3A+2010&WorkflowItemID=a5a6a73d-c3e6-4380-ba67-402257a7fa9b
 | access-date = February 3, 2012
 | archive-date = August 8, 2010
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100808160523/http://www4.lehigh.edu/news/newsarticle.aspx?Channel=/Channels/News:+2010&WorkflowItemID=a5a6a73d-c3e6-4380-ba67-402257a7fa9b
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[Washington University in St. Louis]], 2011.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Holocaust survivor, human rights activist Wiesel to deliver Commencement address
 | publisher = [[Washington University in St. Louis]]
 | date = April 5, 2011
 | url = http://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22126.aspx
 | access-date = February 5, 2012
 | archive-date = January 9, 2016
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160109062827/https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/22126.aspx
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>
* Doctor of Humane Letters, [[College of Charleston]], 2011.<ref>[http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20110926/PC1602/309269940 "Nobel laureate Wiesel holds hope for future"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817060755/http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20110926/PC1602/309269940 |date=August 17, 2016 }}, ''The Post and Courier'', September 26, 2011</ref>
* Doctorate, [[University of Warsaw]], June 25, 2012.<ref>
{{cite web
 |title = Professor Elie Wiesel awarded the University of Warsaw Honorary Doctorate
 |publisher = [[University of Warsaw]]
 |year = 2012
 |url = http://www.uw.edu.pl/en/page.php/news/wiesel.html
 |access-date = July 6, 2012
|url-status = dead
 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120716234729/http://www.uw.edu.pl/en/page.php/news/wiesel.html
 |archive-date = July 16, 2012
|df = mdy-all
}}</ref>
* Doctorate, [[The University of British Columbia]], September 10, 2012.<ref>{{cite web
 | title = Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel receives UBC honorary degree
 | work = UBC Public Affairs
 | publisher = [[University of British Columbia]]
 | year = 2012
 | url = http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/09/10/nobel-laureate-elie-wiesel-receives-ubc-honorary-degree/
 | access-date = September 10, 2012
 | archive-date = September 13, 2012
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120913211528/http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/09/10/nobel-laureate-elie-wiesel-receives-ubc-honorary-degree/
 | url-status = live
 }}</ref>
*Doctorate, [[Pontifical University of John Paul II]], June 30, 2015<ref>{{Cite journal|year=2015|title=Other Important Events|journal=Analecta Cracoviensia|volume=47|pages=253–323}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-school-honors-elie-wiesel/|title=Polish school honors Elie Wiesel|agency=Associated Press|website=[[The Times of Israel]]|language=en-US|access-date=March 23, 2020|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323013209/https://www.timesofisrael.com/polish-school-honors-elie-wiesel/|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Doctorate of Humane Letters, [[Fairfield University]], May 22, 1983<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Honorary Degrees |url=https://www.fairfield.edu/about/university-profile/honorary-degrees/index.html |access-date=August 8, 2023 |website=Fairfield University |language=en |archive-date=June 3, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603101738/https://www.fairfield.edu/about/university-profile/honorary-degrees/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{Incomplete list|date=November 2011}}