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Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Medals of the commandeur and officier
Awarded by the French Minister of Culture
TypeCommandeur (commander)
Officier (officer)
Chevalier (knight)
Awarded for“Significant contribution to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance. The Minister of Culture is in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments promoting and protecting the arts (visual ”
StatusActive
Statistics
Established1957
Precedence
Next (higher)Ordre du Mérite Maritime
Next (lower)Médaille des Évadés
Image:L'OrdreDesArtsOfficierRuban.png
Ribbon of the commander of the Order

The Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Literature) is an Order of France, established on May 2, 1957 by the Minister of Culture, and confirmed as part of l'Ordre National du Mérite by President Charles de Gaulle in 1963. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Médaille des Évadés ( French for "medal of those who escaped" is a Medal given by the government of France, to individuals who were An Order is a Decoration, awarded by a government a dynastic house, or a religious body to an individual usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The Minister of Culture is in the Government of France, the cabinet member in charge of national museums and monuments promoting and protecting the arts (visual The The National Order of Merit (in French Ordre national du Mérite) is an Order of Chivalry awarded by the President of the French Republic. The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Its purpose is the recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields.

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Background

French government guidelines provide that citizens of France must be at least thirty years old, respect French civil law, and must have, “significantly contributed to the enrichment of the French cultural inheritance. ”

Members are not, however, limited to French nationals. Recipients have included numerous foreign luminaries.

Foreign recipients are admitted into the Order, “without condition of age. ”

The Order has three grades:

The médaille of the Order is an eight-point, green-enameled asterisk, in gilt for commanders and officers, in silver for knights; the obverse central disc has the letters “A” and “L” on a white enamelled background, surrounded by a golden ring emblazoned with the phrase “République Française. ” The reverse central disc features the head of Marianne on a golden background, surrounded by a golden ring bearing the words “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Marianne, a National emblem of the French Republic, is by extension a Personification]alagor of Liberty and Reason. ” The commander's badge is topped by a gilt twisted ring.

The ribbon of the Order is green with four white stripes.

According to the statutes of the Order, French citizens must wait a minimum of 5 years before they are eligible to be upgraded from Chevalier to Officer, or Officer to Commandeur and must have displayed additional meritorious deeds than just those which originally made them a Chevalier. However in the statues there is a clause saying "Les Officiers et les Commandeurs de la Légion d’honneur peuvent être directement promus à un grade équivalent dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" Translation : The officer and commanders of the Legion of Honour are able to be promoted directly to an equivalent grade in the Order of Arts and Letters. This means that were someone to be made a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters one year, then made an officer of the Legion of Honour the next year that person would be upgraded to Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters having bypassed the five year rule.

Notable foreign recipients

See also

References

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