Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel (1967–2020) was an American writer and journalist. She is best known for the groundbreaking confessional memoir Prozac Nation (1994) concerning her mental illness and pharmaceutical medication.
Born in a Jewish family in New York City, Wurtzel received a B.A. in comparative literature from Harvard in 1989. Wurtzel launched into chronicling her struggles with depression, addiction, career, and relationships. Her work inspired a rush in confessional literature and the personal journal genre during the 1990s, and she was seen as a voice of Generation X.
Wurtzel’s subsequent bestselling works include More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction (2001,) chronicling her experiences with drug abuse and rehab, and Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women (1998,) a feminist essay collection saluting the contributions of prominent female figures.
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That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily, that it’s impossible to ever see the end. The fog is like a cage without a key.
—Elizabeth Wurtzel
Topics: Depression
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