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Candide Preis

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Award

Candide Preis
Awarded for	contemporary authors
Location	originally in Minden
Country	Germany, France
Presented by	Literarischer Verein Minden, Foundation Genshagen Villa Gillet (Lyon), Minister of Culture (France)
First awarded	1995
Last awarded	2011
Website	Official website of the Literary Association Minden(german)

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.