Awards
- 1965 Kraft Award
- 1966 Premio del Instituto Nacional de Cinematografía
- 1969 Fulbright Scholarship (International Writing Program, University of Iowa)
- 1972 Scholarship of Argentine "Fondo Nacional de las Artes" for investigations in New York City
- 1981/82 Fellow of the Institute for the Humanities of New York University
- 1983 Guggenheim-Scholarship
- 1985 Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University
- Honorary Doctor of University of Knox, Illinois
- 1997 Medal "Machado de Assis" of Academia Brasilera de Letras
- 2004 Premio Astralba (University of Puerto Rico)
- 2011 Elected Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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