Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit
The Pablo Neruda Order of Artistic and Cultural Merit 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.
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 —who participated in the musical tribute that took place at the Palau Sant Jordi, Barcelona.
Many national and international personalities have received this decoration since it was created.Recipients
2005
- Carmen Beuchat, choreographer
- Isidora Aguirre, dramatist and writer
- María Elena Gertner, screenwriter, dramatist, and actress
- Roser Bru, visual artist
- , Bishop of Ancud
- Roberto Parra, popular singer-songwriter; awarded to his widow Catalina Rojas
- Hernán Baldrich, dancer and choreographer
- Tito Beltrán, Chilean tenor
- , choreographer
- Tomás Chotzen, President of ANDES Foundation
- , film critic
- Patricio Guzmán, filmmaker
- Carmen Brito, filmmaker and restorer
- , film editor and director
- , filmmaker and documentalist
- Delia Domínguez, writer
- Marta Cruz-Coke, cultural manager
- Margot Loyola, folklorist
2006
- Bono, U2 vocalist
- Alejandro Jodorowsky, writer and filmmaker
- Rubén Blades, musician and Minister of Tourism of Panama
2007
- Pina Bausch, German choreographer
- Luis Alarcón, Chilean actor
- Julio Bocca, Argentine dancer
- Leo Brouwer, Cuban composer and musician
2008
- Ennio Morricone, Italian film score composer
2009
- Isaac Frenkel, benefactor of music in Chile, ex-President of the Beethoven Foundation
2010
- Laura Esquivel, Mexican writer
- Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, lyrical singer
- Plácido Domingo, Spanish singer and opera director
- Daniel Catán, Mexican composer and musician
- Antonio Skármeta, writer
2012
- Miguel Castillo Didier, scholar of Greek culture
- Lucho Gatica, singer
2013
- Los Jaivas, experimental rock band
2014
- Raquel Barros, folklorist, researcher, and academic
- Matilde Pérez, visual artist
- Paz Errázuriz, photographer
- Alejandro Sieveking, dramatist
- Luis Cárdenas, circus trapeze artist
- Themo Lobos, writer; posthumous decoration
- Cuarteto Latinoamericano, musical group
- Fernando García, learned music composer
- Gabriel Valdés, diplomat and politician; posthumous decoration
- Los Blue Splendor, musical group
- Arturo Navarro, manager of the Mapocho Station Cultural Center
- Nicola Schiess, executive director of the Teatro del Lago, Frutillar
2015
- Quino, Argentine writer and cartoonist of Mafalda
2016
- , Chilean musician
- , Chilean musician
- Bélgica Castro, Chilean actress
- , Chilean painter, dramatist, and cultural advisor
- Alicia del Carmen Cáceres, Chilean goldsmith
- Joan Turner, Chilean-British dancer
2017
- Jorge González, Chilean musician, singer, and composer; leader of the band Los Prisioneros
- Humberto Duvauchelle, Chilean actor and academic
- Juan Allende-Blin, composer
2018
- Mauricio Celedón, Chilean theater director
- Mario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer, politician, and college professor
- Gustavo Dudamel, Venezuelan conductor and violinist
