Elena Xausa

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Elena Xausa (11 July 1984 - 27 November 2022) [1] was an Italian illustrator born in Verona, Italy. [1] She created illustrations for numerous publications including The New Yorker , The New York Times , New York , Financial Times , The Washington Post , Die Zeit , Le Monde , Monocle , and Rolling Stone .

Xausa grew up in Marostica, Italy, [1] [2] and spent time in Berlin, Milan and New York [2] [3] before setting back in Marostica, where she died at her home on 27 November 2022 from appendiceal cancer at age 38. [1]

Xausa held her first solo exhibit, "Coming Home," in 2021, a year before her death, at the Civic Museum of Bassano del Grappa. [1]

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References

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