Awards
- 1945 Young Poets prize, Poetry
- 1964 Ford fellowship for drama
- 1970 Henry Bellamann Major award
- 1972 Loines award
- 1972, 1995 National Endowment for the Arts grant
- 1975, 1989 National Endowment for the Humanities grant
- 1978 Gold Medal of Labor (Hungary)
- 1980 New England Poetry Club Golden Rose Award
- 1982 Ingram Merrill Foundation grant
- 1990 California Children's Book and Video Awards recognition for excellence (pre-school and toddlers category), for Ho for a Hat!
- 1991 medal (médaille de vermeil) for service to the French language, French Academy
- 1993 Pro Cultura Hungarica medal
- twice a nominee for the National Book Award in poetry
- 19978 René Vásquez Díaz prize, Swedish Academy
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