In 1930 he became a member of the Polish PEN Club, and in 1933, its president.

He is founder and President of the Sardinian PEN Club.

In 1966 he was a vice president of the PEN Club.

In 1964, Bobrowski became a member of the PEN Club.

From 1932 he was the chairman of the Hungarian PEN Club.

In 1990 he became a member of the Polish PEN Club.

He was presiding president of the PEN Club of Ireland in 1956.

In 1947 Csokor became president of the Austrian PEN Club, with which he remained actively associated until well into his old age.

Besides that, she has been the president of the Basque PEN Club since 2004.

Kandel received numerous literary awards, and is a member of the Israeli PEN Club since 1990.