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His profile on the website of his Paris publishers states: "The author, a surgeon, who conducted these enquiries [for his book L'Enigme des enfants-loups] between 1995 and 1998 on four continents, presents the first full scientific explanation of wolf-children, infants raised by a lonely [[she-wolf]] : the [[pseudopregnancy]], a common [[neuroendocrine]] disorder in she-wolves. |
His profile on the website of his Paris publishers states: "The author, a surgeon, who conducted these enquiries [for his book L'Enigme des enfants-loups] between 1995 and 1998 on four continents, presents the first full scientific explanation of wolf-children, infants raised by a lonely [[she-wolf]] : the [[pseudopregnancy]], a common [[neuroendocrine]] disorder in she-wolves. |
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His research focuses now on ancient Ethiopian manuscripts and on the forthcoming biography of [[Zaga Christ]], king of [[Ethiopia]] in exile, who died in France in 1638."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.publibook.com/librairie/livre-regional.php?isbn=9782748339093&departement=|title=L'Enigme des enfants-loups - Livre Sciences-Humaines de Serge Aroles - Publibook|work=publibook.com}}</ref> |
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A [[graphic novel]],depicting the life of [[Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc]], has been published in January 2015, inspired by Aroles' research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editions-delcourt.fr/catalogue/bd/sauvage|title=BD Sauvage: Éditions Delcourt, vente de mangas, comics et bande dessinée (BD)|work=editions-delcourt.fr}}</ref> |
A [[graphic novel]],depicting the life of [[Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc]], has been published in January 2015, inspired by Aroles' research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.editions-delcourt.fr/catalogue/bd/sauvage|title=BD Sauvage: Éditions Delcourt, vente de mangas, comics et bande dessinée (BD)|work=editions-delcourt.fr}}</ref> |
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Serge Aroles is a French surgeon, scholar and author who is best known for his two ground-breaking books about feral children, Marie-Angélique (2004)[1] and L’Enigme des enfants-loups (2007).[2]
Works on the feral child
Aroles found evidence that the famous feral girl Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc had survived for ten years living wild in the forests of France, between the ages of nine and 19, before she was captured by villagers in Songy in Champagne (historical province) in September 1731. He discovered too that she had been born in 1712 as a Native American of the Meskwaki (or "Fox") people in what today is the midwestern U.S. state of Wisconsin, and that she died in Paris in 1775, aged 63. Aroles demonstrated also that Marie-Angélique learned to read and write as an adult, thus making her unique among feral children.
For his second book, L’Enigme des enfants-loups,[3] Aroles investigated every known report of a "feral child" in the world, between the years 1304 and 1954, through a four-year search for archival verification of these reports. He draws the conclusion that only one case is authentic: that of Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc. All the rest – including the most famous ones, the "Victor" of the French director François Truffaut’s film L'Enfant sauvage (1970) and the Kaspar Hauser of the German director Werner Herzog’s The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974) – are, he argues, either undocumented, simply mistaken, deliberate hoaxes, or frauds for monetary gain.
His profile on the website of his Paris publishers states: "The author, a surgeon, who conducted these enquiries [for his book L'Enigme des enfants-loups] between 1995 and 1998 on four continents, presents the first full scientific explanation of wolf-children, infants raised by a lonely she-wolf : the pseudopregnancy, a common neuroendocrine disorder in she-wolves.
His research focuses now on ancient Ethiopian manuscripts and on the forthcoming biography of Zaga Christ, king of Ethiopia in exile, who died in France in 1638."[4]
A graphic novel,depicting the life of Marie-Angélique Memmie Le Blanc, has been published in January 2015, inspired by Aroles' research.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Marie-Angélique: Haut Mississippi, 1712–Paris, 1775: Survie et résurrection d'une enfant perdue dix années en forêt (Bonneuil-sur-Marne, Terre Editions, 2004) (Marie-Angélique: Upper Mississippi, 1712–Paris, 1775: Survival and rebirth of a child lost for ten years in the forest). ISBN 2 915587 019
- ^ L’Enigme des enfants-loups: Une certitude biologique mais un déni des archives 1304–1954 (Paris, Editions Publibook, 2007) (The Enigma of Wolf-Children: A biological fact but a gap in the archives 1304–1954).
- ^ Aroles, Serge (2007). L'énigme des enfants-loups : une certitude biologique mais un déni des archives, 1304-1954. Paris: Publibook. ISBN 2-7483-3909-6.
- ^ "L'Enigme des enfants-loups - Livre Sciences-Humaines de Serge Aroles - Publibook". publibook.com.
- ^ "BD Sauvage: Éditions Delcourt, vente de mangas, comics et bande dessinée (BD)". editions-delcourt.fr.
External links
- Interview on French radio about a feral child
- A graphic novel inspired by the work of Serge Arole about the life of Marie- Angélique: Aurélie Bévière (Creato), Gaëlle Hersent (Illustrations), Sauvage, Delcourt, 2015, 215p. (ISBN 978-2756035512)
- [1] Excerpt on books.google.fr
- Aroles, Serge (2007). L'énigme des enfants-loups : une certitude biologique mais un déni des archives, 1304-1954. Paris: Publibook. ISBN 2-7483-3909-6.
- Excerpt from the book in the National Library of France (BNF)
- Movie and documentary broadcast on French public television, November 2012, including Aroles's explanations