Every year, the French Academy of Literature selects the best literary works in the fields of novels, plays, essays and poems, and awards literary prizes according to the decision of the jury. Award-winning works usually have outstanding literary value and artistic innovation, which have had an important impact on French literature and global literature. The selection criteria of Wenkui Award include language use, literary style, ideological depth and artistic contribution.
Winning the Wen Kui Prize for Literature is a lofty honor of French literature and is regarded as a symbol of the highest status of literature. Past Wen Kui Prize winners include many famous writers, such as Mo Bosang, Proust, Saint-Exupery, Sartre, Ke Yong and Conan Doyle.