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==Dramatizations and fictionalizations== {{Trivia section|date=February 2023}} Victor's life has been dramatized or fictionalized in a number of works: * Romantic actress and writer [[Mary Robinson (poet)|Mary Robinson]] (1758–1800) penned a narrative poem, entitled "The Savage of Aveyron," based on Victor. It was published posthumously in 1801. * [[François Truffaut]]'s 1970 film ''[[The Wild Child|L'Enfant sauvage]]'' (marketed in the UK as ''The Wild Boy'' and in the US as ''The Wild Child'') performed by Jean-Pierre Cargol. This film helped inspire the 2012 album ''[[L'Enfant Sauvage (album)|L'Enfant Sauvage]]'' by French metal band [[Gojira (band)|Gojira]]. * [[Adrienne Rich]]'s poem "Meditations for a Savage Child," published in her 1973 collection ''[[Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972|Diving into the Wreck]]'', is addressed to Victor. * A fourth-season episode of ''[[In Search of... (TV series)|In Search Of...]]'', titled "Wild Children", from 1980. * The 2003 novel ''[[Wild Boy (novel)|Wild Boy]]'' by [[Jill Dawson]]. * The title novella of the 2010 collection ''Wild Child and Other Stories'' by [[T. C. Boyle]]. * [[Mordicai Gerstein]]'s novel ''Victor: A Novel Based in the Life of the Savage of Aveyron.'' * Mary Losure's non-fiction children's book ''Wild Boy: The Real Life of the Savage of Aveyron''. * [[Stephen Fry]]'s ''Planet Word'': depicting whether language is developed within a social context.
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