Awards and Honors
- Prix de l'Université de la Langue Française (Prix Rivarol) for The Town Beyond the Wall, 1963.
- National Jewish Book Council Award for The Town Beyond the Wall, 1963.
- Ingram Merrill award, 1964.
- Prix Médicis for A Beggar in Jerusalem, 1968.
- Jewish Heritage Award, Haifa University, 1975.
- Holocaust Memorial Award, New York Society of Clinical Psychologists, 1975.
- S.Y. Agnon Medal, 1980.
- Jabotinsky Medal, State of Israel, 1980.
- Prix Livre Inter, France, for The Testament, 1980.
- Grand Prize in Literature from the City of Paris for The Fifth Son, 1983.
- Commander in the French Legion of Honor, 1984.
- U.S. Congressional Gold Medal, 1984.
- Medal of Liberty, 1986.
- Nobel Peace Prize, 1986.
- Grand Officer in the French Legion of Honor, 1990.
- Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1992.
- Niebuhr Medal, Elmhurst College, Illinois, 1995.
- Grand Cross in the French Legion of Honor, 2000.
- Star of Romania, 2002.
- Man of the Year award, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 2005.
- Light of Truth award, International Campaign for Tibet, 2005.
- Honorary Knighthood, United Kingdom, 2006.
- Honorary Visiting Professor of Humanities, Rochester College, 2008.
- National Humanities Medal, 2009.
- Norman Mailer Prize, Lifetime Achievement, 2011.
- Loebenberg Humanitarian Award, Florida Holocaust Museum, 2012.
- Nadav Award, 2012.
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