Obituaries Elizabeth Wurtzel, author of trailblazing memoir ‘Prozac Nation,’ dies at 52Įlizabeth Wurtzel, who wrote influential memoirs documenting her struggles with addiction and depression, died Tuesday at age 52. In her work she unflaggingly beheld her own existence, and existence itself, in suspended animation she was forever on high alert to how existence felt on her neurons, her fingertips, her face, her legs, her bloodstream. She was her own best perceiver, so I have to trust her on that. I’m thinking of that grin right now, her passion for her dogs, and the neo-coral lipstick, and how she considered cancer her “final con.”īut if she gave her friends love, she did seem to give herself a headache. Though her books were made of sublime laments and self-savagery, she was wide-smiling and bright-eyed in person. It’s hard to convey, without screenshots of email and texts, how generous she’s been for the last two decades. Other times she sent photos of my kids, the odd good word, a fantastic anecdote. As I look over emails from her, I find she never failed to check in after big events, to offer congratulations or condolences. “I am in it for the headache.”Įlizabeth found herself extremely difficult.
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