“Dear Michel Le Guével, Thank you for your letter. And your invitation. I would gladly accept it – I like contact with young students – but unfortunately I do not live in France: my courses keep me in Boston; my visits to Paris are rather infrequent. I regret it, believe it. Maybe one day? Accept, dear colleague, my distinguished greetings. »
Becoming an American citizen in 1963, Wiesel obtained a chair in human sciences at Boston University.