HONORS
The Star of Romania in the Grand Officer Rank
In May 2016, with the occasion of his 80th birthday, the Romanian President granted him the highest distinction of the country STEAUA ROMANIEI IN GRAD DE MARE OFITER (The Romanian Star, as a Grand Officer).
FIL Prize- Literary Award in Romance Languages
The Jewish Research Institute Special Festive Session
The Jewish Research Institute YIVO organized, in November 2016, a special festive session for his 80th Birthday.
Honors & Awards
Honors & Awards2010-2022
- 2011 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
- 2011 - The Nelly Sachs Literary Prize
- 2012 - Honorary Degree in Literature, Al I Cuza University of Iasi, Romania
- 2012 - Fellow of the Institute for Humanities, New York University
- 2012 - The National Prize of Literature (Romanian Writers Union)
- 2012 - The Palau i Fabre Prize for Essay (Spain)
- 2016 - Steaua Romaniei in grad de Mare Ofiter (The Star of Romania, in the rank of Grand Officer)
- 2016 - The FIL Literary Award at the Guadalajara Book Fair
- 2016 - The CARLOS FUENTES Medal
- 2017 - The Bardian Medal, Prof Emeritus and Distingueshed Writer in residence
- 2018 - Alianta Gala Arts and Letters Award
- 2021 - Norman Manea “An Homage”
Talk/Exhibition “A life in pictures”/
Dedication of the main room of the Institute with the name “ Norman Manea”. Romanian Cultural Institute.
- 2022 - 19 July, “Norman Manea 86:
A global Happy Birthday “. Romanian Cultural Institute, New York.
2000-2010
- 2002 - The International Nonino Prize (Italy)
- 2004, 2005 - American Academy Fellowship in Berlin (Germany)
- 2004 - The Napoli Literary Prize for foreign novel (Italy)
- 2005 - Holtzbrinck Prize of the American Academy in Berlin (Germany)
- 2005 - Best foreign book in Spain (El Regreso del Huligan / The Hooligan’s Return)
- 2006 - Lux Mundi, the Cultural Award of Radio Romania Cultural (Romania)
- 2006 - Elected jury member of the International Nonino Prize (Italy)<
- 2006 - Finalist, Prix Femina (France)
- 2006 - Prix Médicis Étranger (France)
- 2006 - The Cultural Prize of Romanian International Television (Romania)
- 2006 - Elected member of the Berlin Academy of Art (Germany)
- 2007 - Finalist, Latinity Prize of the Association of Latin Countries
- 2007 - Awarded the Order of Cultural Merit (in rank of Commander) by the President of Romania (Romania)
- 2008 - Honorary degree in literature, University of Bucharest (Romania)
- 2008 - Honorary degree in literature, Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania)
- 2009 - The Literary Award of the Fondation du Judaisme Français (France)
- 2009 - Finalist, Literary Prize of Fundación Príncipe de Asturias (Spain)
- 2009 - The Observator Cultural Lifetime Award Opera Omnia (Romania)
- 2009 - Commandeur dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France)
1990-1999
- 1992 - Guggenheim Fellowship (USA)
- 1992 - MacArthur Fellows Award (USA)
- 1993 - The National Jewish Book Award (USA)
- 1996 - The Marie Syrkin Jerusalem Fellowship in Letters (Israel)
- 1997 - The Bukovina Literary Prize (Romania)
1980-1989
- 1984 - Literary Prize of the Romanian Writer’s Union (withdrawn by the Communist authorities)
- 1987 - DAAD Berliner Künstler Programm Grant (Germany)
- 1988 - Fulbright Scholarship, Catholic University, Washington, DC (USA)
- 1989-1992 - International Academy for Scholarship and the Arts Fellowship, Bard College (USA)
19791970-1979
1979 - Literary Prize of the Bucharest Writers’ Association (Romania)
REFERENCES
Norman Manea’s books have been reviewed in the American, British, French, Romanian, Italian, Spanish, German press and everywhere else he was published. They can be found in New York Times, New York Times Book Review, New Republic, New York Review of Books, Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle (USA); Times Literary Supplement (UK); Le Monde, Figaro, Lire (France); El Pais, La Vanguardia (Spain); Stampa, La Repubblica, Corriere della Sera, 24 (Italy); FAZ, Die Welt, Süddeutsche Zeitung (Germany) etc. Essential references are to be found in: Neues Literatur Lexicon (1990, Germany), Literary Exile in the Twentieth Century: An Analysis and Biographical Dictionary (1991, USA), Contemporary Authors (Gale Group, 1995, 2008, USA), Who’s Who in America (Marquis, 1995–2010, USA), Dictionarul Esential al Scriitorilor Romani (2001, Romania), Dictionarul Analitic de Opere Literare (2001, Romania), Dictionarul Scriitorilor Romani (2001, Romania), Dictionary of Literary Biography, Twentieth Century Eastern European Writers, 2001, USA), Slovnik Rumunskych Spisovatelu (2001, Czech Republic), Enciclopedia Exilului Romanesc (2003, Romania), Dictionar Cronologic al Romanului Romanesc (2004, Romania), Dictionarul de literatura al Academiei Romane (2005, Romania), Enciclopedia della Letteratura (2008, Italy). See also The Obsession of Uncertainty : In Honorem Norman Manea, Polirom 2011 (Magris, Tabucchi, Roth, Molina, Aridjis, Krüger etc.).