Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei:
i te hinganga o te kawanatanga Communist, he kaituhi ia me te upoko o te waahanga o te Czech Literary Fund. I te tau 1992, i kōwhiria ia hei Perehitini o te wāhanga Czech o International PEN. Ko ia te tumuaki o te kaunihera o te Whare Pukapuka o te Motu mai i te 1995 ki te 1998.