His translation of George Grosz's autobiography A Little Yes and a Big No earned him the 1983 Schlegel-Tieck Prize and in 1997 he was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for The Selected Letters of Vincent Van Gogh.
Traducerea autobiografiei A Little Yes and a Big No a lui George Grosz i-a adus în 1983 Premiul Schlegel-Tieck, iar în 1997 el a fost distins cu Premiul pentru traducere PEN pentru The Selected Letters of Vincent Van Gogh.