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In 1940, he published the short novel ''[[The Invention of Morel]]'', which marked the beginning of his literary maturity. The novel's introduction was written by Borges, in which he comments on the absence of precursors to science fiction in Spanish literature, presenting Bioy Casares as the pioneer of a new genre. The novella was very well accepted and received the Primer Premio Municipal de Literatura (First Municipal Prize of Literature) in 1941. During this same time, in collaboration with Borges and Silvina Ocampo, he published two anthologies: ''Antología de la literatura fantástica'' (1940) y ''Antología poética argentina'' (1941).
In 1940, Bioy Casares married [[Silvina Ocampo]], Victoria's sister, who was a painter as well as a writer. In 1954, one of Bioy Casares' mistresses gave birth in the United States to his daughter, Marta, who was subsequently adopted by his wife Silvina. Marta was killed in an automobile accident just three weeks after Silvina Ocampo's death, leaving Adolfo with two children. The estate of Silvina Ocampo and Adolfo Bioy Casares was awarded by a Buenos Aires court to yet another love child of Adolfo Bioy Casares, Fabián Bioy. Fabián Bioy died, aged 40, in [[Paris, France]], on 11 February 2006.
Bioy won several awards, including the Gran Premio de Honor of SADE (the Argentine Society of Writers, 1975), the French [[Legion of Honour]] (1981), the Diamond [[Konex Award]] of Literature (1994) the title of Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires (1986), and the [[Miguel de Cervantes Prize]] (awarded to him in 1991 in [[Alcalá de Henares]]). Adolfo Bioy Casares is buried in [[La Recoleta Cemetery]], Buenos Aires.
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