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Joy Adamson

Born Free Writer

Died when: 69 years 348 days (839 months)
Star Sign: Capricorn

 

Joy Adamson

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.

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