In 1984, he was awarded the Jules Supervielle prize for his essay El arte de comparar (la estética del fracaso en Isidoro Ducasse).

In 1990, he received the Juan Rulfo prize special mention for his short story Un pequeño nocturno por Libertad Lamarque.

He graduated as a doctor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona after writing a thesis on the theoretical works of Joaquín Torres García.

He wrote a second thesis and received the title of doctor for a second time at the Sorbonne-Nouvelle University – Paris III, for his research on the fictional work of Juan Carlos Onetti : Aporie, éclipse et transfiguration de Montevideo dans l'œuvre de Juan Carlos Onetti (thesis defense in 1994).

He was appointed academician (permanent correspondent) by the Uruguayan Academy of Arts for his important literary production and contributions.