 In 1962 he received the Premio March de Cataluña, in 1990 he received the fourth Menéndez Pelayo International Prize, in 1991 he received the Premio Nacional de Ensayo from the Ministry of Culture for his monograph "Aproximació al Tirant lo Blanc", in 1997 he received the Premio Príncipe de Asturias de Ciencias Sociales, in 1999 he received the Premi Lletra d'Or for "Quinze generacions d'una família catalana", and in 2000 he received the Premio Nacional de las Letras Españolas.In 2005 he was made a "Grandee of Spain" by King Juan Carlos I.He received "Doctor honoris causa" degrees (honorary doctor) from the University of Rome and the University of Liège.