Helle Stangerup modtog flere hædersbevisninger for sit forfatterskab, herunder Thit Jensens forfatterlegat i 1990.
Hun var i en årrække gift med lensgreve Adam Wilhelm Knuth, med hvem hun grundlagde Knuthenborg Safaripark.
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