Awards
- 1979 National Book Award, Contemporary Thought, for The Snow Leopard
- 1980 National Book Award, General Non-Fiction (paperback), for The Snow Leopard
- 1993 Helmerich Award, the Peggy V. Helmerich Distinguished Author Award is presented annually by the Tulsa Library Trust.
- 1995-1997, designated the State Author of New York
- The 6th Annual Heinz Award in the Arts and Humanities (2000)
- 2008 National Book Award, Fiction, for Shadow Country
- 2010 Spiros Vergos Prize for Freedom of Expression
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