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Carina Axelsson
Date of birth August 5, 1968 (1968-08-05) (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Santa Cruz, California
Hair color Light brown
Eye color Brown

Carina Axelsson, born 5 August 1968, is a former fashion model,[2] and author/illustrator of three children's books.[3] Axelsson is the current girlfriend of Gustav, Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.[4]

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Career

Axelsson moved from California to Manhattan New York in order to pursue a modeling career.[4] This led to work with magazines such as Vogue and Marie Claire.[5] Later, she left her modeling career and moved to Paris in order to study sculpture and illustration.[4] Axelsson went on to create the fictional dragon character of Nigel, who featured in her children's books Nigel, Nigel in Hyde Park and Nigel Goes to France; Axelsson wrote and illustrated these books.

Axelsson was the originator of the Nigel Award in 2007; it recognized young (primary school aged) writers and illustrators.[6] There have been no subsequent Nigel Awards.

Personal life

Axelsson was born in Santa Cruz, California, to a Mexican-American mother and Swedish father; she has family remaining in California.[4] Currently she is romantically linked with Prince Gustav, the Hereditary Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, and resides with him in Germany.[7]

Published works

  • Nigel (Published by Assouline Publishing, 2004) ISBN 2843236142
  • Nigel von Hyde Park German ed. (Published by Knesebeck, 2005) ISBN 3896602705
    • English translation Nigel in Hyde Park ISBN 9782843236143
    • Review: "Hotzenplotz, Drachen und Fledermaus in der Schule" Augsburger Allgemeine Nov 11, 2008 online ed.
    • Review: "Kinderbuchautorin Carina Axelsson liest aus ihrem „Nigel” und steht Schülern Rede und Antwort: Viertklässler mutig wie der kleine Drache Nigel" by Lars_Pieter Dickel, Der Western Sept. 6, 2008. online
    • Review"Carina Axelsson verlieh erstmals den von ihr ins Leben gerufenen Kinderkunstpreis "Nigel Award" Ein Schloss voller strahlender Kinder" Lars-Peter Dickel, Der Western Nov 14, 2007. online
  • Nigel Goes to France (Published by Assouline, 2005) ISBN 2843236126;
    • French translation, ISBN 2843236444

External links

References

  1. ^ "Danmark/Tyskland: Carina Axelsson". svenskdam.se. http://svenskdam.se/danmarktyskland-carina-axelsson/. Retrieved June 21, 2009.  
  2. ^ Berg, Rona (March 21, 1993). "The Waif Farers". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/21/magazine/fashion-the-waif-farers.html. Retrieved August 23, 2009.  
  3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?q=Carina+Axelsson&btnG=Search+Books
  4. ^ a b c d Berggren, Olle (June 17, 2007). "Svenska Carina på väg in i det danska hovet". Expressen. http://www.kvp.se/nyheter/1.724625. Retrieved June 21, 2009.  
  5. ^ Berggren, Olle (June 27, 2006). "Svenska Carina blir prinsessa". Expressen. http://www.expressen.se/1.377166. Retrieved June 21, 2009.  
  6. ^ Dickel, Lars-Peter (November 14, 2007). "Ein Schloss voller strahlender Kinder". DerWesten. http://www.derwesten.de/nachrichten/staedte/bad-berleburg/2007/11/14/news-4820996/detail.html. Retrieved June 21, 2009.  
  7. ^ Bönnelyche, Åsa (September 11, 2008). ""Gustav lurade mig – det var så vi blev tillsammans"". svenskdam.se. http://svenskdam.se/2008/09/gustav-lurade-mig-%E2%80%93-det-var-sa-vi-blev-tillsammans/. Retrieved August 27, 2009.  







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