Joy Adamson 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. Adamson was born to Victor and Traute Gessner in Troppau, Silesia, Austria-Hungary (now Opava, Czech Republic), the second of three daughters. Her parents divorced when she was 10, and she went to live with
The White Lioness reside in the country part-time, released the book in 1993 during the reign of the National Party and the Afrikaner rule. In 1996, "The White Lioness" was adapted by Swedish public broadcaster Sveriges Television into a theatrical movie, starring Rolf Lassgård as Wallander. In 2016, "The White Lioness" was adapted by the BBC starring Kenneth Branagh as Wallander. The White Lioness The White Lioness (Original: "Den vita lejoninnan") is a crime novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell, the third in the Inspector Wallander series. The story itself takes place in 1992. The plot follows two parallel patterns, one during late