Order of Arts and Letters of Spain

Order of Arts and Letters of Spain; Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España
	Badge of the Order of Arts and Letters of Spain
Awarded by His Majesty The King of Spain
Type	Order of Merit
Awarded for	Distinguished career in the dissemination of the culture and image of Spain, through its active participation in work or related fields of literary or artistic creation.
Grand Master	HM The King of Spain
Chancellor	Minister of Education, Culture and Sport
Precedence
Next (higher)	Orden del Mérito Agrario, Pesquero y Alimentario [1]
Next (lower)	Real Orden del Mérito Deportivo [1]
	; Ribbon of the Order

Last updated April 29, 2019

The Order of Arts and Letters of Spain (Spanish : Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España) is a Civil Order of Merit of Spain. Established 24 July 2008, it is awarded to individuals and other entities, both Spanish and foreign, who have distinguished themselves in spreading the culture and image of Spain, through active participation in or work in related fields of literary or artistic creation.

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Recipients

2008

Richard Serra ^[2]

2009

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[heralaria-1] 1 2 Civil Orders of Spain. Heraldaría. (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 March 2013.

[2] Real Decreto 2086/2008, de 12 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España a don Richard Serra.. BOE (13-12-2008).

[3] Real Decreto 481/2009, de 27 de marzo, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España al Dr. Zahi Hawass. BOE (28-03-2009).

[4] Real Decreto 860/2009, de 8 de mayo, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España a don Claudio Magris. BOE (09-05-2009).

[5] Real Decreto 1009/2009, de 12 de junio, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España a don Pedrag Matvejevic. BOE (13- 06-2009).

[6] Referencias del Consejo de Ministros: Condecoraciones / Cultura (Junio de 2009). La Moncloa, Presidencia del Gobierno Español.

[7] Real Decreto 1408/2009, de 28 de agosto, por el que se concede la Orden de la Artes y las Letras de España a don Dong Yanasheng. BOE (29-08-2009).

[8] Real Decreto 1180/2011, de 29 de julio, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España a don Jean-Claude Carriére. BOE (30-08-2009).

[9] Real Decreto 1180/2011, de 29 de julio, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España a don Konstantinos Gavras. BOE (30-08-2009).

[10] Real Decreto 1674/2009, de 6 de noviembre, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España a don Óscar Niemeyer. BOE (07-12-2009).

[11] Real Decreto 1902/2009, de 4 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España a don Haruki Murakami. BOE (12-05-2009).

[12] Real Decreto 834/2011, de 10 de junio, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España, a título póstumo, a don Jorge Semprún Maura. BOE (11-06-2011).

[13] Real Decreto 1570/2011, de 31 de octubre, por el que se concede la Orden de las Artes y las Letras de España a don Hubert Taffin de Givenchy. BOE (01-11-2009).