Joanna Harcourt-Smith
Joanna Marysia Harcourt-Smith | |
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| Born | 13 January 1946 St. Moritz, Switzerland |
| Died | 11 October 2020 (aged 74) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Psychedelic activist, author, poet, podcaster |
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| Children | 3 |
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Joanna Harcourt-Smith (13 January 1946 – 11 October 2020) was a British-born author, poet, and psychedelic activist from an aristocratic background. She was the granddaughter of Sir Cecil Harcourt-Smith and the stepdaughter of financier Árpád Plesch. In 1972, she met Timothy Leary and traveled with him to Afghanistan, where he was arrested and extradited to the U.S. Her memoir, Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary, inspired the 2020 documentary My Psychedelic Love Story. She later hosted the Future Primitive podcast, exploring oral traditions and environmental themes. Harcourt-Smith died in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at 74.