2018: Shortlisted by the International Publishers Association (IPA) for the Prix Voltaire – Prix Voltaire “rewards exemplary courage in upholding the freedom to publish and in enabling others to exercise their right to freedom of expression”.
2017: Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. (Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany)
2006: Knight’s Cross of the Hungarian Republic
2005: DekaBank-Preis des Literaturhauses Frankfurt zur Förderung der deutschen Literatur und Wissenschaft im Ausland.