Elizabeth Wurtzel, 'Prozac Nation' Author, Is Dead at 52

[Dennis Donovan]

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/books/elizabeth-wurtzel-dead.html


Elizabeth Wurtzel, pictured in 2007, wrote “Prozac Nation,” a provocative memoir about depression.

By Neil Genzlinger
Jan. 7, 2020
Updated 11:37 a.m. ET

Elizabeth Wurtzel, whose startling 1994 memoir, “Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America,” won praise for opening a dialogue about clinical depression, died on Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 52.

The writer David Samuels, a friend since childhood, said the cause was metastatic breast cancer, a disease that resulted from the BRCA genetic mutation. In 2015 Ms. Wurtzel had a double mastectomy. After her diagnosis, she became an advocate for BRCA testing — something she had not had — and wrote about her cancer experience in The New York Times.

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Cross gently, Ms Wurtzel.

[maxsolomon]

1. Sad news. 52 is too young.

Requiescat in Pace.

[smirkymonkey]

2. How sad.

She was much too young. RIP Elizabeth.

Why do these old, evil miserable bastards never seem to die? They all just seem to live for fucking ever!

[Dennis Donovan]

3. I read Prozac Nation when it came out.

It coincided with a period of my life, after my divorce, in which I was suffering from depression and anxiety, but had no idea what it was (at least in the context of my feelings). It was an eye opener (and gave me a clue about what to do about my own depression/anxiety).