Otkako se nastanila na Zapadu, ona je osvajala važne nacionalne i međunarodne književne nagrade, uključujući Ricarda Huch (1987), Kleist (1994) Joseph Breitbach (2003), nagradu Aristeion (1995) i međunarodnu književnu nagradu IMPAC Dublin (1998).
Since settling in the West, she has won important national and international literary awards, including the Ricarda Huch (1987), the Kleist (1994) and Joseph Breitbach (2003), the Aristeion Prize (1995) and the international IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (1998).