Life and work Elizabeth Gilbert

Few people have heard of Elizabeth Gilbert before the publication of the key work of her life "Is, pray, love" in 2006. Like all writers, she began with an immense love of literature and small children's stories. Her amazing biography is so eventful that it can hardly fit even in a multivolume edition, so she will be presented in a concise statement.

Childhood

Elizabeth Gilbert was born on July 18, 1969 in a small town of Waterbury (Connecticut) and spent her childhood on a family farm. The author of the world best-seller always spoke warmly of her early years. She spent free time with her sister. Interest in literature played a big role in the lives of girls, as there was no other entertainment in the house. From a young age, they both dreamed of becoming writers, so from that very moment they began to create their first short works. As you know, in the future their dreams come true.

Education and first publications

After graduating from school, Elizabeth went to study political science in New York, where in 1991 she received a bachelor's degree. All these years she continued to write, and after the university decided to travel around the country to collect interesting stories for her future works. Who just did not work young Elizabeth Gilbert. She received invaluable experience, useful to her in subsequent writing, working as a waitress, cook and even a salesman. Her debut work was the story "Pilgrims", which was published in the world-famous magazine Esquire. In 1997, she published a collection of short stories of the same name, which can be considered the first full-length book of the writer. In these and subsequent years she worked as a freelance journalist for popular American publications, and her articles and the second book "Severe People" enjoyed great success.

Wide popularity

In 2006, another novel was published, under the name, which to this day remains at everyone's ears. The hearts of readers around the world were instantly subdued by the book "Is, pray, love," based on the real story of the life of Elizabeth Gilbert. The critics' comments were extremely encouraging, and the work itself made a model for the imitation of the author. The whole year the writer spent in a healing journey through Italy, India and Indonesia, which not only healed the wounds and regained the will to live, but also inspired her to share the fruits of this journey with the world. Since then, thousands of fans are following the tracks of their idol in search of harmony, awareness and happiness. In the following years she wrote 3 more books, the last of which was released in America on September 22, 2015. They could no longer become so successful, but they found a response to the soul of loyal fans.

Personal life

Roman Elizabeth Gilbert "Eat, pray, love" begins with a story about marriage, which became a heavy burden for the heroine and prevented her from living further. Gathering all her strength, she decided to leave him and file for divorce. As it usually happens, divorce was long and painful and even more off balance. In addition, the new romantic hobby turned into a failure, and desperate Lizzie went on the main journey of her life, the result of which was not only world fame, but also a meeting with Jose Nunes, thereby Felipe from the last chapter. Since then they managed to get married, although they denied that they would never repeat this mistake in their life. The reason for this was migration problems, since Jose was a Brazilian and did not have American citizenship. Overcoming this difficulty resulted in another work entitled "Legal marriage". In addition to describing joint wanderings and reflections on the sacred institution of marriage, it also mentions that motherhood is the role that Elizabeth Gilbert decided not to fulfill in her life. Photo with her husband, presented below, however, demonstrates that even in spite of this her marriage can be called quite happy. Now the couple live a quiet, quiet life in a small town in New Jersey, where Liz continues to write, and Felipe is engaged in family business.

Contribution to literature

In her interviews the well-known writer often says that she has never been used to the world-wide fame. Noisy parties, elite life and even travel it no longer seduce. She is happy because every day she wakes up next to her beloved person, continues to write and take care of her own garden and beds. However, one can not deny the contribution that Elisabeth Gilbert contributed to the development of literature. Quotations from her books filled the Internet and continue to inspire new achievements of writers and ordinary people around the world. It belongs to the type of authors who, in reality, adhere to the ideas set forth in their works. And her life is as amazing as her books, since she found the answer to the main question: "How can you drive yourself into a tiny box of your own when you feel your infinity?" After all, having presented the fruits of your experience to mankind, you can become a truly happy person , Which it is.