Honors
- Prix des écrivains vaudois, 1958
- Johann-Heinrich-Voß-Preis für Übersetzung, 1966
- Prix Gottfried Keller, 1981.
- Grand Prix de Poésie de la Ville de Paris, 1985.
- Petrarca-Preis, 1988
- Grand Prix national de Poésie, 1995.
- Prix Goncourt de la Poésie, 2003.
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