Presidents of PEN International and English PEN Centre
| PEN International Presidents | |
|---|---|
| John Galsworthy | 1921 – 1932 |
| HG Wells | 1932 – 1935 |
| Jules Romains | 1936 – 1939 |
| Presidential Committee: Denis Saurat, HG Wells, Thornton Wilder, Hu Shih | 1941 – 1946 |
| Maurice Maeterlinck | 1947 – 1949 |
| Benedetto Croce | 1949 – 1953 |
| Charles Morgan | 1954 – 1956 |
| Andre Chamson | 1957 – 1959 |
| Alberto Moravia | 1960 – 1962 |
| Victor E. van Vriesland | 1963 – 1965 |
| Arthur Miller | 1966 – 1969 |
| Pierre Emmanuel | 1970 – 1971 |
| Heinrich Boll | 1972 – 1973 |
| VS Pritchett | 1974 – 1976 |
| Mario Vargas Llosa | 1977 – 1979 |
| Per Wästberg | 1979 – 1986 |
| Francis King | 1986 – 1989 |
| René Tavernier | May – Nov 1989 |
| Per Wästberg (Interim) | Nov 1989 – May 90 |
| György Konrád | 1990 – 1993 |
| Ronald Harwood | 1993 – 1997 |
| Homero Aridjis | 1997 – 2003 |
| Jiri Grusa | 2003 - 2009 |
| John Ralston Saul | 2009 - |
| English PEN Centre Presidents | |
|---|---|
| John Galsworthy | 1921 – 1932 |
| HG Wells | 1932 – 1936 |
| J.B. Priestley | 1937 |
| Henry W. Nevinson | 1938 |
| Storm Jameson | 1939 – 1944 |
| Desmond MacCarthy | 1945 – 1950 |
| Veronica Wedgwood | 1951 – 1957 |
| Richard Church | 1958 |
| Alan Pryce-Jones | 1959 – 1961 |
| Rosamond Lehmann | 1962 – 1966 |
| L. P. Hartley | 1967 – 1970 |
| VS Pritchett | 1971 – 1975 |
| Kathleen Nott | 1975 |
| Stephen Spender | 1976 – 1977 |
| Lettice Cooper | 1977 – 1978 |
| Francis King | 1979 – 1985 |
| Michael Holroyd | 1986 – 1987 |
| Lady Antonia Fraser | 1988 – 1990 |
| Ronald Harwood | 1990 – 1993 |
| Josephine Pullein-Thompson | 1994 – 1997 |
| Lady Rachel Billington | 1998 – 2000 |
| Victoria Glendinning | 2001 – 2003 |
| Alastair Niven | 2004 – 2007 |
| Lisa Appignanesi | 2008 – 2010 |
| Gillian Slovo | 2010 - |
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