Few people heard about Elizabeth Gilbert before the publication of the key work of her life, “Eat, 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 full of events that it can hardly fit even in a multi-volume edition, so it will be presented in a summary.
Childhood
Elizabeth Gilbert was born July 18, 1969 in the small town of Waterbury (Connecticut) and spent her childhood on a family farm. The author of the world bestseller always spoke warmly of her early years. She spent her free time with her sister. Interest in literature played a large role in the lives of girls, as there were no other entertainments in the house. From a young age, they both dreamed of becoming writers, so from that time on they began to create their first short works. As you know, in the future their dreams came 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 university she decided to travel around the country to collect interesting stories for her future works. Who just did not work the young Elizabeth Gilbert. She gained invaluable experience, useful to her in subsequent writings, working as a waitress, cook and even seller. Her debut work was the story "Pilgrims", which was published in the world famous magazine Esquire. In 1997, she published the eponymous short story book, which can be considered the first full-fledged 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, The Severe People, were very successful.
Widespread fame
In 2006, another novel under the title, which to this day remains at everyone’s ears, was published. The hearts of readers around the world were instantly captivated by the book “Eat, Pray, Love,” which was based on a real story from the life of Elizabeth Gilbert. The reviews of critics were extremely approving, and the work itself made the author a role model from the author. The writer spent a whole year on a healing journey through Italy, India and Indonesia, which not only healed the wounds and brought the will back to life, but also inspired her to share the fruits of this trip with the world. Since then, thousands of fans follow in the footsteps of their idol in search of harmony, awareness and happiness. In subsequent years, she wrote 3 more books, the last of which was published in America on September 22, 2015. They could no longer become so successful, but found a response in the soul of loyal fans.
Personal life
Elizabeth Gilbert’s novel “Eat, Pray, Love” begins with a story about marriage, which became a burden for the heroine and prevented her from living on. 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 unbalanced. In addition, the new romantic hobby turned into failure, and the desperate Lizzy set off on the main journey of her life, the result of which was not only worldwide fame, but also a meeting with Jose Nunes, thereby Felipe from the last chapter. Since then, they managed to get married, although they have sworn that they will never repeat this mistake in their lives. The reason for this was migration problems, as Jose was Brazilian and did not have American citizenship. Overcoming this difficulty resulted in another work entitled "Legal marriage." In addition to describing joint wanderings and thoughts about the sacred institution of marriage, it also mentions that motherhood is the role that Elizabeth Gilbert decided not to play in her life. The photo with her husband, presented below, however, demonstrates that even despite this, her marriage can be called quite happy. Now the couple live a quiet, calm life in a small town in New Jersey, where Liz continues to write, and Felipe is engaged in family business.
Contribution to the literature
In her interviews, a famous writer often says that she never got used to world fame. Noisy parties, elite life and even travels no longer appeal to her. She is happy because every day she wakes up next to her loved one, continues to write and take care of her own kindergarten and beds. However, the contribution that Elizabeth Gilbert made to the development of literature cannot be denied. Quotes from her books filled the Internet and continue to inspire new achievements by writers and ordinary people around the world. It belongs to the type of authors who, in reality, adhere to the ideas expressed in their works. And her life is as amazing as her books, as she found the answer to the main question: “How can you drive yourself into a tiny box of your own personality when you feel your infinity?” After all, only by giving humanity the fruits of their experience, one can become a truly happy person, of whom she is.