For his novel, Celestial Harmonies (2001) where he was named the Hungarian Literary Award and the Grinzane Cavour Prize. In 2004 he was awarded the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
Kwa ajili ya riwaya yake, harmonies ya mbinguni (2001) ambapo alikuwa mmoja aitwaye Hungarian Literary Award na Grinzane Cavour Nobel. Mwaka 2004 alitunukiwa Tuzo ya Amani ya Biashara ya Kijerumani Kitabu.