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Selected Prizes and Awards
Mircea Cărtărescu · 13
Mircea Cărtărescu has received a number of prizes for his literary achievements
in poetry, prose and the essay. His most important awards include:
Romanian Writers’ Union Prize in 1980 for Faruri, vitrine, fotografii
(Headlights, Shop Windows, Photographs); in 1990 for Levantul (The
Levant); in 1994 for Travesti (Travesty); and in 2008 for the Orbitor trilogy.
Romanian Academy Prize in 1989 for Visul (The Dream).
Ateneu magazine prize and the Tomis magazine prize in 1997.
Bucharest Writers’ Association Award in 2000 and in 2003.
Moldavian Writers’ Union Prize in 1994 for Travesti (Travesty).
Association of Professional Writers of Romania (ASPRO) Prize in 1994 (for
Travesti (Travesty)), in 1996 and in 2002.
Romanian Editors’ Association (AER) Prize in 2002 and 2003.
Flacăra magazine prize and the Cuvântul magazine prize in 1997 and in 2003,
Giovanni Acerbi Prize in Italy in 2005.
Romanian “Book of the Year 2007” award in 2008 for the Orbitor trilogy.
Romanian National Literature Prize in 2008 for the Orbitor trilogy.