Awards

Ikar – Platinum Book Award, 2017

2019

Prebijem sa! Štefánik, Platinum Book Award for more than 25.000 copies sold, Ikar

Prebijem sa! Štefánik, Vladimír Ferko Reward of the Slovak Writers´ Association

Prebijem sa! Štefánik, Golden Pen Award of Ladislav Ťažký

Prebijem sa! Štefánik, Grand Prix of the Slovak Fund for Literature 

2018

Prebijem sa! Štefánik, Golden book award, Ikar

Panta Rhei Awards, Writer of the Year, third place

2017

Panta Rhei Awards, Writer of the Year, second place

Dementi, Platinum Book Award, Ikar

Code 7, Golden Book Award, Ikar

2016
Dementi, Golden Book Award, Ikar

Dementi, Book of Kysuce

2015
Code 1, Platinum book Award, Ikar

2014
Code 1, Book of the year – winner of the readerˋs poll Book Review
Code 1, Golden Book Award, Ikar
Code 1, Panta Rhei Award – winner of the readerˋs poll

2013 –  Platinum Book Award by Ikar, novel Sezóna potkanov (The Rat Season, 2011) over 25.000 copies sold

2010

Golden Book Award by Ikar (the largest publishing house in Slovakia), novel Zastavte Dubčeka (Stop Dubček!), over 15,000 copies sold
Platinum Book Award by Ikar, novel Kód 9 (Code 9), over 25,000 copies sold
Finals of the international literature award “Johann Gottfried Seume”, Grimma, Germany, novel Jubelzone (The Jubilation Zone)

2009 – Grand Prize of the Slovak PEN Centre, novel Zastavte Dubčeka (Stop Dubček!)

2008 – Book of the Year Award, novel Zóna nadšenia (The Jubilation Zone), readers’ poll of the Slovak magazine Book Revue (Knižná revue)

1985 – First Place Prize, Slovak Film centre Bratislava, Animatic clavitist, Film scenario

1978 – First Place Prize, Slovak Television Bratislava, Do Not Hamper Birds to Fly, movie script