On 1 January 2023, Anna Koptová was awarded the Order of Ľudovít Štúr Second Class. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of an independent Slovak Republic, President Zuzana Čaputová has given state honors to dozens of figures. Many of them were involved in the struggle against totalitarianism. Ľudovít Didi and Anna Koptová, both of Romani origin, were among those honored. Didi received the Order of Ľudovít Štúr Third Class in memoriam.
The president bestowed the honor upon Didi for his exceptional services to democracy and its development, as well as to human rights and freedoms and their protection. His debut as a prose writer happened at the age of 73.
Didi made his mark in the history of Slovak literature as the author of the first novel about Romani people. His prose work Příběhy svěcené větrem [Tales Sanctified by the Wind] comes from the milieu with which he was intimately familiar, the Romani world.
