La Orden del Merito Civil (The Order of Chivalry), Spain, 2018
Order of the Jade (for Distinguished Service), South Korea, 2014
Medal of Cultural Diplomacy, The Czech Republic, 2013
Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, Central, Officials Training Institute, 2014
Best Public Institution Director Award, Ministry of Culture, 2013
SUNY International Distinguished Alumni Award, 2012.

SNU Distinguished Research Award, (7 times), 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Fulbright Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2010
CU Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2009
SNU Best Institute Director Award, 2003, 2004
Wu Ho Humanities Award, 2014
50 Best Literary Critics in the 20th Century, selected, Association of Korean Literary Critics, 2014
Best Books of 2010 awarded by the National Academy of Sciences (Literature in the Age of Hybrid Cultures)
Kim Hwantae Literary Award for Criticism, 2008
Today's Book Award, for Interviews with American Writers, 1985
Books of the Year, awarded by the Ministry of Culture (3 times)
Selected “2012 Best Literary Criticism” (“Literature and Game”)
Selected “Best Book on Literature and Film” Essays on Film, 1992
Representative Translator of Korea, selected, Journal of Publications, 1990
Selected "Best Books in the 1990s" by Kyobo Essay on Film
Selected “24 Best Books on Foreign Literature since the Liberation” Words in the Labyrinth: Interviews with American Writers, 1989
Selected “Representative Books of the 1980s” American Literature in the Postmodern Age, 1989
SNU President's Distinguished Service Plaque, 2001, 2011, 2014
SNU Outstanding Service Award, 2004
Korea Research Foundation Overseas Teaching Grant, 1996-1997
British Council Grant, 1991 (Oxford University)
Canadian Faculty Enrichment Grant, 1991 (University of Toronto)
Asian Scholar-in-Residence Award, Pennsylvania State University, 1990-1991
Fulbright Scholarship, 1978-1984
SNU  Overseas Research Grant (UC Berkeley/ Harvard)
Superintendent Award for the Valedictorian, 1967
Minister of Education Award, 1966
La Orden del Merito Civil (The Order of Chivalry), Spain, 2018
Order of the Jade (for Distinguished Service), South Korea, 2014
Medal of Cultural Diplomacy, The Czech Republic, 2013
Distinguished Teaching Professor Award, Central, Officials Training Institute, 2014
Best Public Institution Director Award, Ministry of Culture, 2013
SUNY International Distinguished Alumni Award, 2012.
SNU Distinguished Research Award, (7 times), 1998, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Fulbright Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2010
CU Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2009
SNU Best Institute Director Award, 2003, 2004
Wu Ho Humanities Award, 2014
50 Best Literary Critics in the 20th Century, selected, Association of Korean Literary Critics, 2014
Best Books of 2010 awarded by the National Academy of Sciences (Literature in the Age of Hybrid Cultures)
Kim Hwantae Literary Award for Criticism, 2008
Today's Book Award, for Interviews with American Writers, 1985
Books of the Year, awarded by the Ministry of Culture (3 times)
Selected “2012 Best Literary Criticism” (“Literature and Game”)
Selected “Best Book on Literature and Film” Essays on Film, 1992
Representative Translator of Korea, selected, Journal of Publications, 1990
Selected "Best Books in the 1990s" by Kyobo Essay on Film
Selected “24 Best Books on Foreign Literature since the Liberation” Words in the Labyrinth: Interviews with American Writers, 1989
Selected “Representative Books of the 1980s” American Literature in the Postmodern Age, 1989
SNU President's Distinguished Service Plaque, 2001, 2011, 2014
SNU Outstanding Service Award, 2004
Korea Research Foundation Overseas Teaching Grant, 1996-1997
British Council Grant, 1991 (Oxford University)
Canadian Faculty Enrichment Grant, 1991 (University of Toronto)
Asian Scholar-in-Residence Award, Pennsylvania State University, 1990-1991
Fulbright Scholarship, 1978-1984
SNU  Overseas Research Grant (UC Berkeley/ Harvard)
Superintendent Award for the Valedictorian, 1967
Minister of Education Award, 1966
Kim Seong-kon