 It was as part of this that, in 1992-1993, he printed a four-volume dictionary on Romanian identity, "Dreptul la memorie" ("The Right to a Memory"), and the 1996 anthology called "Momentul adevărului" ("The Moment of Truth").The two texts earned Ursu the Gheorghe Ursu Foundation Award for 1997.A member of the Romanian Writers' Union, he was the recipient of its special prize in 2003.