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Malecrit was a French wizard who lived in the early 15th century.

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.[1]

As reported by French wizarding newspaper Le Cri de la Gargouille, in 1927, some unpublished works by Malecrit were found in a dragon cave.[2]

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 "well narrated").

Appearances[]

Notes and references[]

  1. Quidditch Through the Ages, Chapter 8 (The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide)
  2. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (see this image) - "Les œuvres inédites de MALECRIT trouvées dans la grotte des Dragons!"
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