 Aderce received several honors, including a Knighthood of the "Meritul Cultural" Order, and work began on a definitive edition of his works.In May 1945, he represented the Ministry of Arts at the funeral of his friend Sebastian, who had been killed in a road accident.Reintegrated into the Writers' Society, Aderca was a member of the panel which granted the 1946 National Prize for Prose Works to his former colleague Papadat-Bengescu.