She was awarded the 2006 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

The author was awarded the 1937 Nobel Prize for Literature largely on the basis of this novel sequence.

He was awarded the 1998 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

The novel was awarded the 1967 International Prize for Literature.

He was awarded the 2000 Guyana Prize for Literature.

He was awarded the European Prize for Literature (2008).

Both were awarded the Group 47 Prize for Literature.

For the entire body of her work she was awarded the 1996 Neustadt International Prize for Literature.

He has also been awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature in its 2010 edition.

He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2004 for Literature and education.