| 1965 |
Holon Municipal Prize for Literature, Israel (for Where the Jackals Howl) |
| 1976 |
Brenner Prize for Literature, Israel (for The Hill of Evil Counsel) |
| 1978 |
Ze’ev Award for Children’s Literature, Israel (for Soumchi) |
| 1978 |
Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Children’s Literature, Denmark (for Soumchi) |
| 1983 |
Bernstein Prize for Literature, Israel (for A Perfect Peace) |
| 1984 |
Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic |
| 1985 |
Writer of the Year, awarded by the Lotos Club, New York |
| 1986 |
Bialik Prize for Literature, Israel |
| 1988 |
Prix Femina, for best foreign novel appearing in France (for Black Box) |
| 1988 |
Wingate Prize, London (for Black Box) |
| 1988 |
Honorary Doctorate, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati OH and Jerusalem |
| 1988 |
Honorary Doctorate, Western New England College, Springfield, MA |
| 1992 |
Honorary Doctorate, Tel Aviv University |
| 1992 |
Peace Prize at Frankfurt International Book Fair, awarded by German Publishers’ and Booksellers’ Association. |
| 1993 |
Luchs Prize for children’s literature, Bremen, Germany (for Soumchi) |
| 1993 |
Hamoré Prize for children’s literature, France (for Soumchi) |
| 1994 |
Maurice A. Stiller Prize for Literature, Baltimore Hebrew University, MD |
| 1997 |
Knight’s Cross of the Legion D’Honneur of the Republic of France, awarded by President Jacques Chirac |
| 1997 |
Blue Cobra Award, Switzerland, for Panther in the Basement |
| 1998 |
Honorary Doctorate, Brandeis University, MA |
| 1998 |
Israel Prize for Literature – Israel’s Jubilee Year |
| 1999 |
Elected Honorary Fellow, St. Anne’s College, Oxford, England |
| 1999 |
My Michael selected by Bertelsmann international publishers’ panel of judges and its readers’ club as one of the 100 greatest novels of the 20th century |
| 2002 |
Freedom of Expression Prize, awarded by the Norwegian Authors’ Union |
| 2002 |
International Medal of Tolerance, awarded by the Polish Ecumenical Council |
| 2003 |
Wizo-France award for Israeli Literature (for “The Same Sea”). |
| 2003 |
Preis Der Geschwister Korn-und-Gerstenmann-Stiftung (Germany). |
| 2004 |
Prix “France Culture” for A Tale Of Love And Darkness” |
| 2004 |
International “Ovidius Literary Prize”, from Romania’s Writers Union |
| 2004 |
Catalonia International Prize (shared with Sari Nusseibeh) “for lifetime Literary Work and work for peace” |
| 2004 |
International “Die Welt” Literary Award (Berlin) for “A Tale Of Love And Darkness”. |
| 2004 |
International Prize For Autobiography “Viajes Con Cuaderno” (Spain) for “a Tale Of Love And Darkness” |
| 2004 |
Sandro Onofri Literary Prize (Roma) for “A Tale of Love And Darkness” |
| 2004 |
Lombardia Peace Prize (Milano) |
| 2005 |
Bruno Kreisky Prize for Political Literature (Vienna) for “a Tale of Love and Darkness”. |
| 2005 |
Nominated “Commander Of The Order Of Arts And Letters” of the French Republic. |
| 2005 |
KORET Book Award (USA) for “a Tale of Love And Darkness” |
| 2005 |
Goethe Prize (Frankfurt) for lifetime literary and essayistic Work, with an emphasis on “A Tale Of Love And Darkness” |
| 2005 |
Agnon Prize Of The City of Jerusalem, for “love And Darkness” |
| 2005 |
Wingate Prize, London, for “A Tale Of Love And Darkness” |
| 2005 |
Nominated Honorary Member of The Helenic Authors’ Society. |
| 2006 |
Honorary Doctorate, Jewish Theological Seminary, New York |
| 2006 |
Honorary Doctorate, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
| 2006 |
Honorary Doctorate, The Weizmann Institute, Rehovot |
| 2006 |
National Jewish Book Award, USA (for “A Tale Of love And Darkness”) |
| 2006 |
Corine prize (Munich) for a lifetime work |
| 2007 |
Member of the American Academy of Arts and sciences |
| 2007 |
Ambrogino D’Oro Medal, awarded by the City of Milan |
| 2007 |
Nominated “Man Of The Year” by Tel Aviv Museum Of Art |
| 2007 |
Premio Grinzane Cavour, Italy |
| 2007 |
Prince Of Asturias Prize’ Spain |
| 2007 |
The cross Of Honour Of The Federal Republic of Germany |
| 2008 |
Stefan Heym Prize’ City of Chemnitz, Germany |
| 2008 |
Dan David Prize, Tel Aviv University |
| 2008 |
Honorary Doctorate, University of Antwerp |
| 2008 |
Primo Levi Prize, Genova |
| 2008 |
Ulisses Prize, Corsica |
| 2008 |
Heinrich Heine Prize, City of Dusseldorf’ Germany |
| 2009 |
Jonas Weiss Memorial Award (Sweden) |
| 2009 |
“A Tale Of Love And Darkness” selected “book of the decade” by Galey Tsahal Radio and by Maariv newspaper |
| 2010 |
Honorary Doctorate, Siena University of Foreigners |
| 2010 |
Honorary Fellow, Israel Museum, Jerusalem |
| 2010 |
Budapest Intl. Prize For Literature |
| 2010 |
Siegfried Unseld Prize for Literature, Berlin |
| 2010 |
The Readers Prize Of Torino Intl. Literary Festival |
| 2010 |
Prix Mediterranee Etranger, France (for “scenes From A Village Life”) |
| 2010 |
Napoli Prize (for “Scenes From A Village Life”) |
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| 2011 |
“The Same Sea” adapted for the stage (in Tel Aviv) and as an opera (Bari, Italy) |
| 2011 |
Honorary Doctorate, Melbourne University |
