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Malecrit was a French wizard who lived in the 15th century.[1]
Biography[]
A playwright, Malecrit wrote the Hélas, Je me suis Transfiguré Les Pieds, a play which included a reference to the game of Quidditch, showing that the game had spread to France by the early 1400s.[2]
As reported by French wizarding newspaper Le Cri de la Gargouille, in 1927, some unpublished works by Malecrit were found in a dragon cave by the Seine.[3] Works had previously been discovered in this cave in 1882, and a plaque was been erected by Malecrit's old house in Place Cachée to honour this.[1]
Etymology[]
"Malecrit" presumably derives from the French mal écrit, which means "poorly written".
Behind the scenes[]
- Interestingly, despite the pun the name already contained, in the French translated edition, the name was altogether changed into "Forbien Narré" (pronounced fort bien narré, which means "very well narrated").
Appearances[]
- Quidditch Through the Ages (First mentioned)
- Wonderbook: Book of Spells (Mentioned only)
- Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Mentioned in a newspaper)
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (Mentioned on a sign)
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Wizarding World of Harry Potter (see this image)
- ↑ Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 8 (The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide)
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (see this image) - "Les œuvres inédites de MALECRIT trouvées dans la grotte des Dragons!"