- She became an honorary citizen of Sarajevo in the former Yugoslavia.
- Longtime companion of photographer Annie Leibovitz (from the mid 1980s until Sontag's death).
- Member of the 'Official Competition' jury at the 28th Venice International Film Festival in 1967.
- Spent much time in Bosnia during the 1990s. She directed "Waiting for Godot" in a theatre in bombed Sarajevo.
- She is interred at "Cimiterie Montparnasse" in Paris, France located in [Plot: Division 2, Section 2, 1 East, 28 North, concession number 3PA2005].
- Won a National Book Award (2000) for her novel "In America."
- Breast cancer survivor.
- In 1992 she received the Malaparte Prize in Italy.
- She was awarded the "Officer de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" in 1984 and awarded a "Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by the French government in 1999.
- Child: David Rieff (born 1952).
- Received the "Prince of Asturias" Award for Letters in 2003.
- She was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for the book "On Photography" published in (1978).
- She was a MacArthur Fellow from 1990 to 1995.
- She served as President from 1987 to 1989 of the American Center of PEN.
- She was awarded the 2003 Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.
- She was awarded the 2001 Jerusalem Prize.
- She was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for On Photography (1978).
- Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 520-522. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007.
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