Elizabeth Wurtzel, the author of memoir 'Prozac Nation,' has died at age 52
Wurtzel first rose to prominence at the age of 26 as the author of the memoir which documented her struggles with depression and substance abuse. The memoir garnered wide acclaim for Wurtzel’s explosive, deeply confessional style and wry, self-deprecating voice. She is widely credited with ushering in the explosion of the first-person essay and memoir genre that marked the early years of the Internet.
Born on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, Wurtzel was the product of Jewish parents who divorced when she was young, which she documented at length in A gifted student, she won admission to Harvard University, where she struggled with depression and substance abuse, and was hospitalized numerous times as an undergraduate.
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