Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Colorado (1981)
荣誉学位，人文学博士，科罗拉多大学

Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, University of Dubuque (1981)
荣誉学位，人文学博士，迪比克大学

Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, National Association of Governors (1982)
艺术杰出服务奖，全美州长协会

Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Coe College (1983)
荣誉学位，人文学博士，科伊学院

Award for Fiction, American Book Award (1990), for Mulberry and Peach: Two Women of China
虚构类奖项，美国图书奖，获奖作品《桑树与桃子：两个中国女人》

Medal of Merit for Cultural Service, Ministry of Culture, Poland (1992)
文化服务功勋奖章，波兰文化部

Honorary Degree, Doctor of Humane Letters, Hong Kong Baptist University (2009)
荣誉学位，人文学博士，香港浸会大学

Best Chinese Writing in the World, Sin Chew Jit Poh, Malaysia (2009)
世界华文文学奖，马来西亚《星洲日报》

Member of the International Advisory Board, Translation Center, Columbia University (1984–85)
国际顾问委员会成员，哥伦比亚大学翻译中心

Member of the Advisory Board of the Chinese literary magazine Four Seas, China
中文文学杂志《四海》顾问委员会成员

Judge, Neustadt International Prize for Literature, USA (1981–82)
评审，纽斯塔特国际文学奖（美国）

Advisory Professorship, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (1984)
顾问教授，复旦大学（上海）

Honorary Professorship, Beijing Institute of Communications, Beijing, China (1986)
荣誉教授，北京广播学院

Advisor, Pegasus International Prize for Fiction, USA (1989–90)
顾问，佩加索斯国际小说奖（美国）

Inducted into Iowa Women's Hall of Fame (2008)
入选爱荷华州女性名人堂