 "Omega Minor" has been translated into German (2006, Eichborn Verlag), English (2007, Dalkey Archive Press) French (2010, Le Cherche midi / Lot 49), and Hungarian (2011, Gondolat Kiadó).The Dutch version won the Ferdinand Bordewijk Prijs in 2005 and the Culture Award of the Flemish Government (2006), as well as the Award for Prose of the Joint Flemish Provinces (2007).The English translation, done by the author himself, won the 2008 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize.