▁to ▁" L az arus ▁rising ▁from ▁the ▁dead ", ▁and ▁saw ▁from ▁Wies el ' s ▁tor ment ed ▁eyes , ▁" the ▁death ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁the ▁soul ▁of ▁a ▁child ". ▁Maur iac ▁persu aded ▁him ▁to ▁begin ▁writing ▁about ▁his ▁h arrow ing ▁experiences . ▁ ▁Wies el ▁first ▁wrote ▁the ▁ 9 0 0 - page ▁mem oir ▁Un ▁di ▁v elt ▁hot ▁ges h v ign ▁( And ▁the ▁World ▁Rem ained ▁Sil ent ) ▁in ▁Y idd ish , ▁which ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁ab rid ged ▁form ▁in ▁Buenos ▁Aires . ▁Wies el ▁re w rote ▁a ▁short ened ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁manuscript ▁in ▁French , ▁La ▁N uit , ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁It ▁was ▁translated ▁into ▁English ▁as ▁Night ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁The ▁book ▁sold ▁few ▁copies ▁after ▁its ▁publication , ▁but ▁still ▁attract ed ▁interest ▁from ▁review ers , ▁leading ▁to ▁television ▁inter views ▁with ▁Wies el ▁and ▁meet ings ▁with ▁literary ▁figures ▁such ▁as ▁Sa ul ▁B ellow . ▁ ▁After ▁its ▁increased ▁popular ity , ▁Night ▁was ▁eventually ▁translated ▁into ▁ 3 0 ▁languages ▁with ▁ten ▁million ▁copies ▁sold ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁At ▁one ▁point ▁film ▁director ▁Or son ▁W elles ▁wanted ▁to ▁make ▁it ▁into ▁a ▁feature ▁film , ▁but ▁Wies el ▁refused , ▁feeling ▁that ▁his ▁mem oir ▁would ▁lose ▁its ▁meaning ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁told ▁without ▁the ▁sil ences ▁in ▁between ▁his ▁words . ▁Op rah ▁W inf rey