Joy Adamson
- Friederike Victoria Gessner
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- Adamson, Joy
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Date of birth
- 1910-01-20
- Place of birth
- Opava
- Date of death
- 1980-01-03
- Place of death
- Kenya
Wikipedia
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.
Editions
| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Die gefleckte Sphinx | Paperback | 3-499-11626-X | 1973-07 |
| Frei geboren: Eine Löwin in zwei Welten | Paperback | 3-499-10844-5 | 1972-12 |
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- 2025-01-24