2012: International literatur prize "Haus der Kulturen der Welt 2012", Berlin 2013: Spycher – Literary Prize Leuk, Switzerland 2013: Grand Prix of the Novi Sad International Poetry Festival 2014: Best Translated Book Award, shortlisted for Blinding, translated from the Romanian into English by Sean Cotter 2014: Premio Euskadi de Plata to the Best Book of 2014 for Las Bellas Extranjeras (Frumoasele străine), translated from the Romanian into Spanish by Marian Ochoa de Eribe (Editorial Impedimenta) 2015: Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding for Blinding 2015: Austrian State Prize for European Literature 2016: Premio Gregor von Rezzori for Blinding 2018: Thomas Mann Prize 2018: Prix Formentor 2022: FIL Award References External links Excerpt from The Roulette Player (original title: "Ruletistul"), story from Nostalgia, by Mircea Cărtărescu, at WordsWithoutBorders.org Mircea Cărtărescu's page at Humanitas publishing house Mircea Cărtărescu's page at Zsolnay/Hanser Verlage publishing house A review of Nostalgia'' by Joshua Cohen at New Haven Review New Haven Review Cartarescu meets his readers at the International Book Fair of Turin, Italy 1956 births Living people University of Bucharest alumni International Writing Program alumni Academic staff of the University of Bucharest Romanian essayists 20th-century Romanian poets Romanian novelists Romanian male novelists Postmodern writers Male essayists 21st-century Romanian poets Romanian male poets 20th-century Romanian male writers 21st-century male writers Writers from Bucharest