1980-1984 war er Sekretär des József Attila Kreises des Schriftstellerverbandes. Ab 1990 war er Direktionsmitglied des Instituts für Russistik. ###>Between 1980- 1984 he was secretary of the József Attila literary circle within the Hungarian Writers’ Association. Since 1990 he has been member of the Board of Directors of the Hungarian Institute for Russian Studies