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Elizabeth Wurtzel

1967 - 2020

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Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel (July 31, 1967 – January 7, 2020) was an American writer, journalist, and lawyer known for the confessional memoir Prozac Nation, which she published at the age of 27. Her work often focused on chronicling her personal struggles with depression, addiction, career, and relationships. Wurtzel's work drove a boom in confessional writing and the personal memoir genre during the 1990s, and she was viewed as a voice of Generation X. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elizabeth Wurtzel has received more than 907,544 page views. Her biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Elizabeth Wurtzel is the 6,434th most popular writer (down from 5,675th in 2019), the 16,243rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,758th in 2019) and the 1,072nd most popular American Writer.

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  • 910k

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  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.58

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  • 3.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Elizabeth Wurtzel ranks 6,434 out of 5,755Before her are Dorota Masłowska, Nnedi Okorafor, Matthew Quick, Nadeem Aslam, Coral Herrera, and Conor Maynard. After her are Susan Cain, Jenna Bush Hager, Charlie Jane Anders, Nujood Ali, Paula Vogel, and Anita Nair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Elizabeth Wurtzel ranks 747Before her are Kazuaki Koezuka, Erland Johnsen, Joe Greene, Yoshimasa Suda, Takeyuki Okamoto, and Amala Akkineni. After her are Gillian Welch, Bin Ukishima, Norifumi Takamoto, Minoru Kushibiki, Hitoshi Morishita, and Stacey King. Among people deceased in 2020, Elizabeth Wurtzel ranks 784Before her are Miljan Mrdaković, Alex Pullin, Tom Forsyth, Kizito Mihigo, Willie Thorne, and Robert Archibald. After her are Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya, Shad Gaspard, Helin Bölek, Nick Cordero, Joe Diffie, and Richard Adjei.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elizabeth Wurtzel ranks 16,243 out of 18,182Before her are Lisa P. Jackson (1962), Marcus Smart (1994), Eddy Curry (1982), Adrienne C. Moore (1980), Gina McCarthy (1954), and Omar Mateen (1986). After her are Cecilia Rouse (1963), Leslie Odom Jr. (1981), Mo Williams (1982), Orlando Brown (1987), Aaron Lewis (1972), and Noah Bean (1978).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Elizabeth Wurtzel ranks 1,072Before her are Paul Harding (1967), Pamela Geller (1958), Kenneth Turan (1946), Adam Horowitz (1971), Nnedi Okorafor (1974), and Matthew Quick (1973). After her are Jenna Bush Hager (1981), Charlie Jane Anders (1969), Paula Vogel (1951), Scott Snyder (1976), Josh Singer (1972), and Jon Fisher (1972).

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