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Joy Adamson (born Friederike Victoria Gessner; 20 January 1910, Opava - 3 January 1980 Shaba National Reserve) 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.

Joy Adamson Biography, Life, Interesting Facts. Joy Adamson was born on 20th January 1910, to Victor and Traute Gessner.She was born in an area of Austria-Hungary, which is now Opava in the Czech Republic.. Adamson came from a family of girls, with two sisters.When she was ten years old, her parents divorced, and Adamson went to live with her grandmother.