1986: Elie Wiesel

<a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PEHST002109" title="Elie Wiesel" href="/topic/arts-culture/elie-wiesel-PEHST002109.topic">Elie Wiesel</a>, the concentration camp survivor who became the literary conscience of <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="EVHST000013" title="The Holocaust (1934-1945)" href="/topic/unrest-conflicts-war/massacres/genocide/the-holocaust-%281934-1945%29-EVHST000013.topic">the Holocaust</a>, was awarded the peace prize for his message to mankind of "peace, atonement and human dignity."
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( Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times )

Elie Wiesel, the concentration camp survivor who became the literary conscience of the Holocaust, was awarded the peace prize for his message to mankind of "peace, atonement and human dignity."

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