Elizabeth Wurtzel

Elizabeth Wurtzel (born July 31, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American writer. Brought up as an Orthodox Jew, she attended Ramaz for high school. While an undergraduate at Harvard College, she wrote for The Harvard Crimson and received the 1986 Rolling Stone College Journalism Award. She is most known for publishing her groundbreaking memoir, Prozac Nation, at the age of twenty-six, which chronicles her battle with depression while a college undergraduate. Her second book, Bitch, was published because, as she put it, feminist writing had become dry and she wanted to make it juicy again. She focused on what was praiseworthy about 'bad girls' such as Amy Fisher. She also published a second autobiographic volume with the title "More, Now, Again: A Memoir of Addiction" (2001), which centered around drug addiction. She has also written for The New Yorker and New York Magazine. She has battled an addiction to prescription medicine: she is noted for living very close to the World Trade Center yet sleeping through the 9/11 attacks because of a drug-induced stupor. As of 2005, Wurtzel is currently attending Yale Law School.

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July 31 - 1967 - New York City - New York - USA - American - Writer - Orthodox - Ramaz - Harvard College - The Harvard Crimson - Prozac Nation - Depression - Undergraduate - Bitch - The New Yorker - New York Magazine - As of 2005 - Yale Law School

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In 2001, a film version of Prozac Nation, starring Christina Ricci, was made.

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Prozac Nation - Christina Ricci

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