1981: Premio Strega, Premio Anghiari, Premio Il Libro dell'anno. 1981: Honorary Citizen of Monte Cerignone 1982: Prix Medicis Etranger (France) . 1983: Columbus Award of the Rotary Club, Florence. 1985: Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettre (France) 1985: Marshall McLuhan Award - Unesco Canada and Teleglobe. 1989: Premio Bancarella 1993: Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur (France). 2003, Officier. 1995: Golden Cross of the Dodecannese, Patmos (Greece). 1996  Cavaliere di Gran Croce al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 1999  Orden pour le Merite für Wissenschaften und Künste (Germany) 1999  Crystal Award, World Economic Forum, Davos. 2000  Premio Principe de Asturias, Oviedo 2000  Dagmar and Vaclav Havel Vision 97 Foundation Award 2001  Transcendent Satrape du Collège de Pataphysique 2002  Austrian State Award for European Literature 2002  Prix Mediterranée Etranger (France)