- Born
- DiedJanuary 7, 2020 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA (leptomeningeal complications from metastasized breast cancer)
- Birth nameElizabeth Lee Wurtzel
- Elizabeth Wurtzel was born on July 31, 1967 in New York City, New York, USA. She was a writer, known for Prozac Nation (2001), When the Brass Band Plays (2020) and Intimate Portrait (1990). She was married to James Freed Jr.. She died on January 7, 2020 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseJames Freed Jr.(May 9, 2015 - January 7, 2020) (her death)
- Graduated from Harvard, where she wrote for The Harvard Crimson and received the 1986 Rolling Stone College Journalism Award.
- Wrote for such magazines as "The New Yorker" and "New York Magazine".
- Attended Ramaz, the exclusive New York City high school.
- Didn't like the movie Prozac Nation (2001), which was based upon her memoirs.
- Graduated from Yale Law School, practicing law in New York City, but failed the New York State bar exam.
- On the 9/11 destruction of the World Trade Centre, in February 2002: "I had not the slightest emotional reaction. I thought: 'This is a really strange art project.' It was a most amazing sight in terms of sheer elegance. It fell like water. It just slid, like a turtleneck going over someone's head...I just felt, like, everyone was overreacting. People were going on about it. That part really annoyed me."
- [on the passing of Elaine Kaufman] I'm sure Elaine Kaufman has a good table and is ordering from off the menu at a restaurant in the sky.
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