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Elizabeth Wurtzel

American writer and journalist

Died when: 52 years 160 days (629 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Elizabeth Wurtzel

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 later life, Wurtzel worked briefly as an attorney before her death from breast cancer.


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