Elizabeth Wurtzel
Elizabeth Wurtzel | |
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Wurtzel in 2018 | |
| Born | Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel July 31, 1967 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | January 7, 2020 (aged 52) New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Education | Harvard University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
| Genre | Confessional memoir |
| Years active | 1980s–2020 |
| Notable works | Prozac Nation |
| Spouse |
James Freed (m. 2015) |
Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel (July 31, 1967 – January 7, 2020) was an American writer, journalist, and lawyer known for the confessional memoir Prozac Nation, which she published at the age of 27. Her work often focused on chronicling her personal struggles with depression, addiction, career, and relationships. Wurtzel's work drove a boom in confessional writing and the personal memoir genre during the 1990s, and she was viewed as a voice of Generation X. In her later life, Wurtzel worked briefly as an attorney before her death from breast cancer.