 1982 - Petras Libertas Literary Award for the novel „An enemy to your enemies“.1990 - Awarded the honorary title "Honored artist of the Lithuanian SSR“

2000 - Award of The Open Society Fund – Lithuania (OSFL) and The Lithuanian Writers Union for the best article of the year in the cultural press.2010 - The Lithuanian Government culture and art prize for books "Barbarians vice versa Classics" (2008), “The ancient Lithuanian literature in the era of king Mindaugas" (2009) and other recent works.