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5 unusual facts about Ordre des Arts et des Lettres


Atahualpa Yupanqui

In February 1968, Yupanqui was named Knight of Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France by the Ministry of Culture of that country, in honor of 18 years work enriching the literature of the French nation.

Baroque dance

Ms. Turocy has been decorated as Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.

I Was Dora Suarez

Showing up its surfeit of intestinal fortitude, the French government named its author a Chevalier of Arts and Letters in 1991.

Lynn Chadwick

Chadwick was made a Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1964, and a French Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 1985.

Patrick Moutal

In 1983, Patrick Moutal was honored with the award of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the Government of France.


David Edward

Sir David was awarded the Distinguished Cross, first class, Order of St. Raymond of Peñafort (Spain) in 1979, Orden de San Raimundo de Peñafort, Cruz Distinguida (Primera Clase), and in 2012 the Republic of France appointed him as an Officer of the Legion of Honour (Officier de la Legion d’Honneur) and Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Marusya Klimova

She is the author of translations from the French (Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Jean Genet, Pierre Guyotat, Georges Bataille, Monique Wittig, Michel Foucault, Pierre Louÿs, etc.) as well as her own books; she is a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (2006).

Ralph Ellison

In 1969 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom; the following year, he was made a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France and became a permanent member of the faculty at New York University as the Albert Schweitzer Professor of Humanities, serving from 1970 to 1980.

Robert Trumble

In 2003 he was awarded the Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for reviving the work of Vincent d'Indy.

VCU French Film Festival

Peter and Françoise Ravaux-Kirkpatrick, were decorated as “Chevaliers de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres”, a high honor in the arts in France, and in 2011, the Médaille Beaumarchais by the French Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques.


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Robert Noortman

Earlier in his life he already won the title of "Honorary Liveryman of the City of London" and the " Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" in France.