Prix Médicis
Haitian-Canadian author Dany Laferrière's 1985 debut novel "Comment faire l'amour avec un nègre sans se fatiguer" was adapted into a controversial 1989 film of the same name. Laferrière's novels "Le Goût des jeunes filles" and "Vers le sud" were also made into feature films, and he won the Prix Médicis for 2009's "L'énigme du retour".