Awards
- In 1946, Alterman received the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation, for his translations of plays Phèdre by Jean Racine and Merry Wives of Windsor by Shakespeare.
- In 1947, he received the Ruppin Prize for his book "Joy of the Poor".
- In 1957, Alterman was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature.
- In 1967, he again received the Tchernichovsky Prize, for translations of the plays of Moliere.
- In 1968, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for literature.
- In 2011, his portrait was chosen to be on Israel's currency.
In 2005, he was voted the 43rd-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.
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