Joanna Harcourt-Smith was a British-born author, poet, and psychedelic activist from an aristocratic background.
14 Facts About Joanna Harcourt-Smith
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith was the granddaughter of Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith and the stepdaughter of financier Arpad Plesch.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith later hosted the Future Primitive podcast, exploring oral traditions and environmental themes.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith was born at the Palace Hotel, St Moritz, in Switzerland.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith is the author of Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love Story.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith was arrested in Afghanistan and the couple was extradited to California.
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My Psychedelic Love Story, a documentary by acclaimed American writer, filmmaker and director Errol Morris based on Joanna Harcourt-Smith's book, was released on Showtime on 29 November 2020.
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On her weekly podcast, Future Primitive, Joanna Harcourt-Smith did and archived almost 700 interviews, from 2006 through 2020.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith interviewed prominent thinkers of our times, visionaries, authors, psychedelic researchers and scholars.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith was the granddaughter of Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith and the stepdaughter of financier Arpad Plesch, and the aunt of financier Arpad Busson.
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In 1966 Joanna Harcourt-Smith married Nico Tambacopoulou in a ceremony that was attended by Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco, and actor William Holden.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith had 3 children, Lara Tambacopoulou, Alexis d'Amecourt, and Marlon Gobel, and 3 grandchildren, Nicholas Pulford, Alexander Pulford, and Harper d'Amecourt.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith spoke five languages, speaking three very well and two well enough to build relationships.
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith died on 11 October 2020 at the age of 74, at her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico surrounded by her children, grandchildren and her partner, Jose Luis Gomez Soler.