Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit

Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit
Joan Turner at the 2016 award ceremony
Awarded for	Contributions made in the field of art and culture
Sponsored by	National Council of Culture and the Arts
Country	Chile
First awarded	2004

The Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit (Spanish: Orden al Mérito Artístico y Cultural Pablo Neruda) was created in 2004 by the National Council of Culture and the Arts of the government of Chile, as part of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda (12 July 1904).[1]

It is granted by the Minister of Culture to those national and international figures who have stood out for contributions made in the field of art and culture.

The Pablo Neruda Order of Merit was delivered for the first time on 5 July 2004 to the mayor of Barcelona, Joan Clos, and about 15 Ibero-American artists—among them, Miguel Bosé, Joan Manuel Serrat, Víctor Manuel, Ana Belén, Jorge Drexler, Julieta Venegas, and Antonio Ríos [es]—who participated in the Neruda en el corazón [es] musical tribute that took place at the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona.[2]

Many national and international personalities have received this decoration since it was created.

Recipients

2005

• Carmen Beuchat, choreographer (5 March 2005 – International Women's Day)
• Isidora Aguirre, dramatist and writer (5 March 2005 – International Women's Day)
• María Elena Gertner, screenwriter, dramatist, and actress (5 March 2005 – International Women's Day)
• Roser Bru, visual artist (5 March 2005 – International Women's Day)[3]
• Juan Luis Ysern de Arce [es], Bishop of Ancud (1 April 2005 – launch of Project SISMO)
• Roberto Parra, popular singer-songwriter; awarded to his widow Catalina Rojas (21 April 2005)
• Hernán Baldrich, dancer and choreographer (28 April 2005 – Day of the Dance)
• Tito Beltrán, Chilean tenor (25 July 2005)
• Patricio Bunster [es], choreographer (28 August 2005 – 2nd National Culture Convention)
• Tomás Chotzen, President of ANDES Foundation (28 August 2005 – 2nd National Culture Convention)
• Mariano Silva [es], film critic (28 August 2005 – 2nd National Culture Convention)
• Patricio Guzmán, filmmaker (31 August 2005 – Chilean premiere of documentary Salvador Allende)
• Carmen Brito, filmmaker and restorer (17 October 2005 – National Film Inauguration Day)
• Pedro Chaskel [es], film editor and director (17 October 2005 – National Film Inauguration Day)
• Sergio Bravo [es], filmmaker and documentalist (17 October 2005 – National Film Inauguration Day)
• Delia Domínguez, writer (14 December 2005 – Closing Quixote Reading Program)
• Marta Cruz-Coke, cultural manager (14 December 2005 – Closing Quixote Reading Program)
• Margot Loyola, folklorist (29 December 2005 – Valparaíso Cultural Carnival)

2006

• Bono (Paul David Hewson), U2 vocalist (26 February 2006 – La Moneda Palace)
• Alejandro Jodorowsky, writer and filmmaker (27 April 2006 – La Moneda Palace)
• Rubén Blades, musician and Minister of Tourism of Panama (27 December 2006 – La Moneda Palace)

2007

• Pina Bausch, German choreographer (11 January 2007 – La Moneda Palace)
• Luis Alarcón, Chilean actor (26 September 2007 – La Moneda Palace)
• Julio Bocca, Argentine dancer (24 November 2007 – La Moneda Palace)[4]
• Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and musician (1 December 2007 – La Moneda Palace)[2]

2008

• Ennio Morricone, Italian film score composer (19 March 2008 – La Moneda Palace)

2009

• Isaac Frenkel, benefactor of music in Chile, ex-President of the Beethoven Foundation (27 August 2009 – La Moneda Palace)[5]

2010

• Laura Esquivel, Mexican writer (21 January 2010 – La Moneda Palace)[6]
• Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, lyrical singer (23 September 2010 – Los Angeles Opera Theater, California)
• Plácido Domingo, Spanish singer and opera director (23 September 2010 – Los Angeles Opera Theater, California)
• Daniel Catán, Mexican composer and musician (23 September 2010 – Los Angeles Opera Theater, California)
• Antonio Skármeta, writer (23 September 2010 – Los Angeles Opera Theater, California)[1]

2012

• Miguel Castillo Didier, scholar of Greek culture (27 March 2014 – Sala América, Biblioteca Nacional)[7]
• Lucho Gatica, singer (25 November 2012 – Chile Pavilion at the Guadalajara Book Fair, Mexico)[8]

2013

• Los Jaivas, experimental rock band (30 September 2013 - Muelle Prat, Valparaíso)[9]

2014

• Raquel Barros, folklorist, researcher, and academic (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Matilde Pérez, visual artist (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Paz Errázuriz, photographer (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Alejandro Sieveking, dramatist (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Luis Cárdenas, circus trapeze artist (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Themo Lobos, writer; posthumous decoration (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Cuarteto Latinoamericano, musical group (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Fernando Garcia, learned music composer (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Gabriel Valdés, diplomat and politician; posthumous decoration (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Los Blue Splendor, musical group (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Arturo Navarro, manager of the Mapocho Station Cultural Center (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)
• Nicola Schiess, executive director of the Teatro del Lago, Frutillar (30 January 2014 - Severín Library, Valparaíso)[10]

2015

• Quino, Argentine writer and cartoonist of Mafalda (15 January 2015 - Gabriela Mistral Cultural Center)[11]

2016

• Valentín Trujillo, Chilean musician
• Vicente Bianchi, Chilean musician
• Bélgica Castro, Chilean actress
• Claudio di Girolamo [es], Chilean painter, dramatist, and cultural advisor
• Alicia del Carmen Cáceres, Chilean goldsmith
• Joan Turner, Chilean-British dancer[11][12]

2017

• Jorge González, Chilean musician, singer, and composer; leader of the band Los Prisioneros (7 January 2017 - Summit of Chilean Rock, Estadio Nacional)[12]
• Humberto Duvauchelle, Chilean actor and academic (11 July 2017 - University of Concepción Theater)[13]
• Juan Allende-Blin, composer (9 September 2017 - University of Chile Theater)[14]

2018

• Mauricio Celedón, Chilean theater director[15]
• Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician, and college professor[16]
• Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan conductor and violinist[17]

2021

• Sylvia Soublette, Chilean composer[18]

2024

• André Rieu, dutch violinist, director and composer. [19]

See also

• Pablo Neruda Award, granted by the Neruda Foundation to poets under 40
• Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award, also given by the CNCA

References

1. "En estreno mundial de 'Il Postino': Ministro de Cultura entregó Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda" [World Premiere of 'Il Postino': Minister of Culture Delivered Pablo Neruda Order of Merit] (in Spanish). National Council of Culture and the Arts. 24 September 2010. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
2. "Otorgan a músico cubano Leo Brouwer la Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda" [Cuban Musician Leo Brouwer Awarded the Pablo Neruda Order of Merit]. El Mostrador (in Spanish). 1 December 2007. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
3. "Cuatro destacadas mujeres recibieron la Medalla Pablo Neruda" [Four Distinguished Women Receive the Pablo Neruda Medal] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
4. "Un emocionado Julio Bocca fue galardonado en La Moneda" [An Excited Julio Bocca Was Winner at La Moneda] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
5. Pardo Aedo, Oscar Alejandro (28 August 2009). "Jefa de Estado entregó orden al mérito artístico y cultural Pablo Neruda a Isaac Frenkel" [Head of State Gives Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit to Isaac Frenkel]. Diario de Cuatro a Seis (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.
6. "Escritora mexicana Laura Esquivel recibe Orden al mérito Pablo Neruda" [Mexican Writer Laura Esquivel Receives Pablo Neruda Order of Merit]. La Tercera (in Spanish). UPI. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 14 January 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
7. "Ministro Cruz-Coke entrega Orden al Mérito Artístico y Cultural Pablo Neruda a Miguel Castillo Didier" [Minister Cruz-Coke Delivers Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit to Miguel Castillo Didier]. La Tercera (in Spanish). 28 March 2012. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
8. "Cantante Lucho Gatica es condecorado con la Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda" [Singer Lucho Gatica is Decorated with the Pablo Neruda Order of Merit]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Guadalajara. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
9. "Los Jaivas reciben en Valparaíso la Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda" [Los Jaivas Receive the Pablo Neruda Order of Merit in Valparaíso]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. 30 September 2013. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
10. "Consejo de la Cultura entrega Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda a 12 personalidades del mundo artístico nacional" [Council of Cultura Delivers Pablo Neruda Order of Merit to 12 Personalities of the National Artistic World] (in Spanish). National Council of Culture and the Arts. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
11. "Ceremonia de Condecoración 'Orden al Mérito Artístico y Cultural Pablo Neruda'" [Decoration Ceremony 'Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit'] (in Spanish). Office of the President of Chile. 28 April 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.^[permanent dead link‍]
12. "Jorge González recibirá la Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda" [Jorge González to Receive the Pablo Neruda Order of Merit] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
13. "Otorgan 'Orden al Mérito Artístico y Cultural Pablo Neruda' a Humberto Duvauchelle" ['Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit' Awarded to Humberto Duvauchelle] (in Spanish). 24 Horas. 11 July 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
14. Troncoso M., Constanza (9 September 2017). "El compositor chileno Juan Allende-Blin recibe la Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda" [The Chilean Composer Juan Allende-Blin Receives the Pablo Neruda Order of Merit]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
15. Pérez Maldonado, Rodrigo (24 January 2018). "Bachelet entregó orden al mérito Pablo Neruda a Mauricio Celedón" [Bachelet Presents Pablo Neruda Order of Merit to Mauricio Celedón]. La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 January 2019.
16. "Ministerio de las Culturas entregó Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda a Mario Vargas Llosa" [Ministry of Culture Presents Pablo Neruda Order of Merit to Mario Vargas Llosa] (in Spanish). Radio Cooperativa. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
17. Troncoso M., Constanza (24 June 2018). "Gustavo Dudamel recibe Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda: El maestro venezolano está en Chile para honrar a su mentor" [Gustavo Dudamel Receives Pablo Neruda Order of Merit: The Venezuelan Teacher is in Chile to Honor His Mentor]. El Mercurio (in Spanish). Santiago. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
18. S.A.P, El Mercurio (2021-09-23). "Cantante y compositora Sylvia Soublette fue reconocida de manera póstuma con la Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda | Emol.com". Emol (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-05.
19. "André Rieu recibe la Orden al Mérito Pablo Neruda por su contribución a la difusión de la música clásica en el mundo Fuente: Emol.com - https://www.emol.com/noticias/Espectaculos/2024/09/09/1142251/andre-rieu-premio-pablo-neruda.html". EMOL. 9 September 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2024. {{cite news}}: External link in |title= (help)