▁made ▁it ▁a ▁spot light ▁selection ▁for ▁her ▁book ▁club ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 5 , ▁Wies el ▁moved ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁as ▁foreign ▁correspond ent ▁for ▁the ▁Israel ▁daily , ▁Y edi ot ▁A hr on ot . ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁he ▁married ▁Mar ion ▁Er ster ▁Rose , ▁who ▁was ▁from ▁Austria , ▁who ▁also ▁translated ▁many ▁of ▁his ▁books . ▁They ▁had ▁one ▁son , ▁Sh l omo ▁El ish a ▁Wies el , ▁named ▁after ▁Wies el ' s ▁father . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁U . S ., ▁he ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁write ▁over ▁ 4 0 ▁books , ▁most ▁of ▁them ▁non - f iction ▁Hol oca ust ▁literature , ▁and ▁nov els . ▁As ▁an ▁author , ▁he ▁has ▁been ▁awarded ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁literary ▁pri zes ▁and ▁is ▁considered ▁among ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁in ▁describing ▁the ▁Hol oca ust ▁from ▁a ▁highly ▁personal ▁perspective . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁some ▁histor ians ▁cred ited ▁Wies el ▁with ▁giving ▁the ▁term ▁Hol oca ust ▁its ▁present ▁meaning , ▁although ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁feel ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁ade qu ately ▁described ▁that ▁historical ▁event . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 5 , ▁he ▁co - f ounded ▁the ▁magazine ▁M oment ▁with ▁writer ▁Leonard ▁Fe in . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 7 9 ▁book ▁and ▁play ▁The ▁Tri al ▁of ▁God ▁are ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁based ▁on ▁his ▁real -