Candide Preis (originally called Stadtschreiber Stipendium, later Candide Preis) is the only German-French Literary award, named for its French satire Candide (first published in 1759 by Voltaire).From 1995 to 2011 it was awarded annually by the Foundation Genshagen, the Literary Association Minden, the Villa Gillet (Lyon) and the Minister of Culture (France) to French and German contemporary authors. List of laureates 1995: Franz Hodjak 1996: Gert Loschütz 1997: Katja Lange-Müller 1998: Hansjörg Schertenleib 1999: Christine Scherrmann 2000: Andreas Mand 2001: Harald Gröhler 2002: Burkhard Spinnen 2003: Roland Koch (author) 2004: Andreas Maier 2005: Daniel Kehlmann 2006: Karl-Heinz Ott 2007: André Kubiczek 2008: Martin Kluger and Mathias Énard 2009: Volker Braun and Olivia Rosenthal 2010: Jan Faktor 2011: Peter Handke External links Foundation Genshagen (German) Official website of the Villa Gillet (French) Official website of the Literary Association Minden (German) References Awards established in 1995 German literary awards French literary awards France–Germany relations Novella awards