Elie Wiesel, a staple writer in most high school English reading lists and Holocaust historian, will speak at a public lecture in Rochester Hills next week.  Observer & Eccentric excerpt and link:

Titled “The Power of Language for Reconciliation,” the Aug. 21 lecture will feature Wiesel’s fresh reflections on five-plus decades of writing and speaking in pursuit of social, psychological and spiritual reconciliation.

“He is going to talk about the use of language, specifically in writing and speaking, and the power that language has - or the lack of power, the potency or impotency of language - to make the world a better place,” Barton said.

Wiesel, who turns 80 next month, was imprisoned in Auschwitz and Buchenwald as a teenager. His parents and younger sister perished in the concentration camps and he later wrote about his experiences in Night, which has been translated into more than 30 languages.

An Evening with Elie Wiesel begins at 7 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, in the auditorium of Rochester Church of Christ, located at 250 W. Avon Road, adjacent to Rochester College. Tickets are $15 and seating is general admission. Doors open at 6 p.m. For tickets, which are limited, or more information, visit www.rc.edu/eliewiesel.

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