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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 ^[1]). ^[2]
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

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