Joy Adamson
About the person
Career:
Writing
Date of birth:1910-01-20
Place of birth:Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary [now Opava, Czech Republic]
Gender:Female
Popularity:0
Date of death1980-01-03
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joy Adamson (20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) (born Friederike Victoria Gessner) was a naturalist, artist, and author best known for her book, Born Free, which describes her experiences raising a lion cub named Elsa. Born Free was printed in several languages, and made into an Academy Award-winning movie of the same name.