Prizes and Awards
- 1986 PEN/Macmillan Silver Pen Award, for Still Life
- 1987 Hon. Dlitt, Bradford
- 1990 Booker Prize for Fiction, Possession: A Romance
- 1990 CBE
- 1990 Irish Times International Fiction Prize Possession: A Romance
- 1991 Commonwealth Writers Prize (Eurasia Region, Best Book) Possession: A Romance
- 1991 Honorary Doctorate from the University of York
- 1991 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Durham
- 1992: Honorary Doctorate from the University of Nottingham
- 1993 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Liverpool
- 1994 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Portsmouth
- 1995 Honorary Doctorate from the University of London
- 1995 Premio Malaparte (Italy)
- 1995 Aga Khan Prize for Fiction, The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
- 1998 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye
- 1999 DBE
- 1999 Hon. DLitt from the University of Cambridge
- 2000 Hon. Fellow, London Institute
- 2000 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Sheffield
- 2004 Honorary Doctorate from the University of Kent
- 2004 Fellow, University College London
- 2002 Shakespeare Prize (Germany)
- 2007 Honorary degree from the University of Winchester.
- 2009 Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix (Canada)
- 2009 Man Booker Prize, The Children's Book (shortlist)
- 2010 Honorary Doctorate from the Leiden University
- 2010 James Tait Black Memorial Prize, The Children's Book
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