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Joy Adamson
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Austrian-British naturalist, painter, writer, collector and illustrator (1910–1980)

Also known as: Frederika Viktorie Gressnerova, Friederike Adamson, Friederike Gessner, Friederike Victoria Adamson, Friederike Victoria Gessner, Friederike von Klarwill

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Known works

  • Born free
  • Living Free (1961)
  • The story of Elsa (1966)
  • Forever free (1962)
  • Elsa (1961)