Léopold Sédar Senghor

Grand prix littéraire en poésie d'Afrique noire

Distinguished Africanist Award

honorary doctorate from ENS

International Nonino Prize

Dr. Leopold Lucas Prize

Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding

honorary doctorate from University of Bordeaux-II

honorary doctor of Paris Descartes University

doctor honoris causa from the University of Nancy

Collar of the Order of Isabella the Catholic

Prix mondial Cino Del Duca

Prince Pierre Award

Grand Collar of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

Golden Wreath

Prix Guillaume Apollinaire

Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the White Rose of Finland

Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association

honorary doctorate at the Laval University

honorary doctor of the University of Bordeaux

honorary doctorate from the University of Strasbourg

Nobel Prize in Literature

Collar of the Order of Pope Pius IX

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

doctor honoris causa from the University of Paris

Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit

honorary doctor of the University of Padua

Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

honorary doctor of the University of Vienna

anniversary medal at the occasion of the 2500th anniversary of the founding of the Iranian Empire

Commander of the French Order of Academic Palms

honorary doctorate of Salzburg University

Grand Cross of the National Order of the Lion