Joy Adamson
20th-century naturalist, artist and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Friederike Victoria "Joy" Adamson (née Gessner; 20 January 1910 – 3 January 1980) was a naturalist, artist and author. Her book, Born Free, 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. In 1977, she was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art.[1]
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Joy Adamson | |
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Born | Friederike Victoria Gessner (1910-01-20)20 January 1910 |
Died | 3 January 1980(1980-01-03) (aged 69) |
Cause of death | Homicide |
Resting place | Meru National Park |
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Spouses | Sir Viktor Von Klarwill
(m. 1935; div. 1937) |
Writing career | |
Language | English |
Period | 1960–1980 |
Genre | Nonfiction |
Subjects | Animals, African culture, nature |
Years active | 1960–1980 |
Notable work | Born Free |
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