Editing Elie Wiesel (section)

===United States===
In 1955, Wiesel moved to New York as foreign correspondent for the Israel daily, ''[[Yediot Ahronot]]''.<ref name=Virtual/> In 1969, he married Austrian Marion Erster Rose, who also translated many of his books.<ref name=Virtual/> They had one son, [[Elisha Wiesel|Shlomo Elisha Wiesel]], named after Wiesel's father.<ref name=Virtual/><ref name="Telushkin, Joseph pp.190">Telushkin, Joseph. ''"Rebbe"'', pp. 190–191. HarperCollins, 2014.</ref>

[[File:Elie Wiesel (1987) by Erling Mandelmann - 2.jpg|thumb|upright|Wiesel in 1987]]

In the U.S., he eventually wrote over 40 books, most of them non-fiction [[The Holocaust in art and literature|Holocaust literature]], and novels. As an author, he was awarded a number of literary prizes and is considered among the most important in describing the Holocaust from a highly personal perspective.<ref name=Virtual/> As a result, some historians credited Wiesel with giving the term ''[[wikt:holocaust|Holocaust]]'' its present meaning, although he did not feel that the word adequately described that historical event.<ref>Wiesel:1999, 18.</ref> In 1975, he co-founded the magazine ''[[Moment (magazine)|Moment]]'' with writer [[Leonard Fein]].

The 1979 book and play ''[[The Trial of God]]'' are said to have been based on his real-life Auschwitz experience of witnessing three Jews who, close to death, conduct a [[lawsuits against God|trial against God]], under the accusation that He has been oppressive towards the Jewish people.<ref>{{cite book|title=And the Sea Is Never Full: Memoirs, 1969–|first=Elie|last=Wiesel|year=2000|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|quote=Some of the questions: God? 'I'm an agnostic.' A strange agnostic, fascinated by mysticism.|isbn=978-0-8052-1029-3}}</ref>

Wiesel also played a role in the initial success of ''[[The Painted Bird]]'' by [[Jerzy Kosinski]] by endorsing it before it became known the book was fiction and, in the sense that it was presented as all Kosinski's true experience, a [[hoax]].<ref name="BN">{{cite web|title=The Painted Bird [NOOK Book]|url=http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/painted-bird-jerzy-n-kosinski/1101317543?ean=9780802195753|website=Barnes and Noble|access-date=September 9, 2014|archive-date=July 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170706144148/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/painted-bird-jerzy-n-kosinski/1101317543?ean=9780802195753|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NF">{{cite book |first=Norman G. |last=Finkelstein |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VrqK5VdO2i0C&pg=PA56 |title=The Holocaust Industry |date=December 5, 2023 |publisher=Verso |page=56|isbn=9781859844885 }}</ref>

Wiesel published two volumes of memoirs. The first, ''All Rivers Run to the Sea'', was published in 1994 and covered his life up to the year 1969. The second, titled ''And the Sea is Never Full'' and published in 1999, covered the years from 1969 to 1999.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/books/00/01/02/reviews/000102.02carrolt.html ''And the Sea Is Never Full''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118154800/http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/01/02/reviews/000102.02carrolt.html |date=January 18, 2017 }}, ''The New York Times'' book review, January 2, 2000</ref>