In 1987, when I volatili del Beato Angelico and Pessoana Minima were published, he received France's Prix Médicis for best foreign novel (Notturno indiano).
V roce 1987 publikoval I volatili del Beato Angelico a Pessoana Mínima a obdržel francouzskou Prix Médicis za nejlepší zahraniční román (Indické nokturno).