of Arts and Letters of Spain 2012: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 2012: Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2014: FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages 2015: Pour le Mérite 2015: Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2016: Franz Kafka Prize 2019: Thomas Mann Prize Honorary doctorates 1991: University of Strasbourg 1993: University of Copenhagen 1995: University of Klagenfurt 1999: University of Szeged 2011: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) 2011: University of Barcelona 2014: University of Murcia 2014: West University of Timisoara 2017: Free University of Berlin 2018: University of Regensburg Memberships 2001: Academy of the Arts, Berlin, Section Literatur Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste, Munich Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien Accademia delle scienze di Turino Akademie der Wissenschaften, Göttingen Works Illazioni su una sciabola (1984; translated as Inferences from a Sabre, ), Danubio (1986; translated as Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea, ), Stadelmann (1988), Un altro mare (1991; translated as A Different Sea, ) Microcosmi (1997; translated as Microcosms, ). Alla cieca (2006; translated as Blindly, ). Non luogo a procedere (2015; translated as Blameless, ). References Further reading Pireddu, Nicoletta. (2015) The Works of Claudio Magris: Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders. London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ---. (2012) "On the Threshold, Always Homeward Bound: Claudio Magris's European Journey." The Journal of European Studies 42 (4): 333–341. ---. (2022) Guest Editor, Claudio Magris and the Quest for Europe. Special Issue, The European Legacy 27 (7-8), 2022. Wampole, Christy. (2014) "'Cyberia, Syberia...': Clones, Virtual Spaces, and Cyber-Selves in Claudio Magris' Alla cieca." MLN 129(1): 162–179. External links Claudio Magris, écrivain de frontière contre l'indifférence (on Swans Commentary) Nicoletta Pireddu, The Works of Claudio Magris. Temporary Homes, Mobile Identities, European Borders (Palgrave, 2015) 1939 births Living people Writers from Trieste Italian essayists Italian male writers Italian columnists Italian translators Germanists Strega Prize winners Order of Arts and Letters of Spain recipients Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Recipients of the Austrian State Prize Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art Knights Commander of the Order of Merit