Order of Rubén Darío

{{Short description|Award in Nicaragua}}

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| established = 16 February 1951

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| for = Art, literature, science and international relations.

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| founder = Anastasio Somoza García

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| grades = Collar, Grand Cross with Gold Star, Grand Cross with Silver Star, Grand Officer, Commander, Officer, Knight{{cite web|url=https://www.medals.org.uk/nicaragua/nicaragua006.htm|website=medals.org.uk|title=ODM of Nicaragua: Order of Ruben Dario|access-date=2024-12-23}}

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The Order of Rubén Darío ({{langx|es|Orden de Rubén Darío}}) is a medal of honor in Nicaragua that was established on February 16, 1951. It is given to notable people who contributed to the world of art, literature, science and international relations.{{Cite web |title=ODM of Nicaragua: Order of Ruben Dario |url=https://www.medals.org.uk/nicaragua/nicaragua006.htm |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=www.medals.org.uk}}

History

The Order of Rubén Darío was proposed by Anastasio Somoza García on February 16, 1951; named after Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío and given to notable people who contributed in the field of art, literature, science and international relations.{{Cite web |title=Order of Ruben Darío, Grand Cross |url=https://www.medalbook.com/america-south/nicaragua/orders/order-of-ruben-dario-2/order-of-ruben-dar%C3%ADo-grand-cross-2 |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=Medalbook |language=en}}

Recipients

  • {{Flagicon|Argentina}}{{Flagicon|France}} Julio Cortázar, Argentinian-French writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Argentina}} Gregorio Selser, Argentinian journalist and writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Cuba}} Aleida March, Cuban politician.
  • {{Flagicon|East Germany}} Margot Honecker, East German politician.
  • {{Flagicon|France}} Florence Jaugey, French actress, movie director and producer.
  • {{Flagicon|Francoist Spain}} {{interlanguage link|Gregorio Marañón Moya|es}}, Spanish politician.
  • {{Flagicon|Switzerland}}{{Flagicon|Guatemala}} Raphael Girard, Swiss-Guatemalan ethnographer.
  • {{Flagicon|Monaco}}{{Flagicon|United States}} Grace Kelly, American actress and the princess of Monaco.{{Cite web|title=ANNUAIRE OFFICIEL DE LA PRINCIPAUTÉ DE MONACO|url=https://cloud.gouv.mc/webweb/Annuoff.nsf/(ListCh)/B7433860E52C08F9C12567C20033DFD7!OpenDocument|access-date=2024-07-27|website=cloud.gouv.mc}}
  • {{Flagicon|Monaco}} Rainier III, Prince of Monaco.{{Cite web |url=https://cloud.gouv.mc/webweb/Annuoff.nsf/(ListCh)/B7433860E52C08F9C12567C20033DFD7!OpenDocument|title=ANNUAIRE OFFICIEL DE LA PRINCIPAUTÉ DE MONACO |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=cloud.gouv.mc}}
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{ill|Rosario Aguilar (writer)|lt=Rosario Aguilar|es|Rosario Aguilar}}, Nicaraguan writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Salvador Cardenal Argüello|es}}, Nicaraguan ethnomusicologist.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Camerata Bach|es}}, Nicaraguan music group.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} June Beer, Afro-Nicaraguan poet, artist and writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet, politician and priest.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Jorge Isaac Carvallo|es}}, Nicaraguan musician.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Silvio Conrado, Nicaraguan economist.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} José Coronel Urtecho, Nicaraguan writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{ill|María Gallo (painter)|lt=María Gallo|es|María Gallo}}, Nicaraguan painter.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Claudia Gordillo|es}}, Nicaraguan photographer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Rossana Lacayo, photographer, film director and screenwriter.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Víctor M. Leiva|es}}, Nicaraguan composer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{ill|Irene López (dancer)|lt=Irene López|es|Irene López}}, Nicaraguan dancer and choreographer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Carlos Martínez Rivas, Nicaraguan poet.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Carlos Mejía Godoy, Nicaraguan composer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy, Nicaraguan musician, composer and singer-songwriter.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Ernesto Mejía Sánchez, Nicaraguan writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Margarita Montealegre|es}}, Nicaraguan photojournalism.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Armando Morales, Nicaraguan painter.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Haydée Palacios Vivas|es}}, Nicaraguan dancer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Róger Pérez de la Rocha, Nicaraguan painter.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{ill|Pierre Pierson (writer)|lt=Pierre Pierson|es|Pierre Pierson}}, Nicaraguan writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Guillermo Rothschuh Tablada|es}}, Nicaraguan writer and professor.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Leoncio Sáenz|es}}, Nicaraguan painter.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Mauricio Herdocia Sacasa, Nicaraguan lawyer and diplomat
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} Fernando Silva Espinoza, Nicaraguan poet, novelist and painter
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Felipe Urrutia|es}}, Nicaraguan musician and composer.
  • {{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Camilo Zapata|es}}, Nicaraguan composer and singer-songwriter.
  • {{Flagicon|Paraguay}} Raúl Sapena Pastor, Paraguayan lawyer and diplomat.
  • {{Flagicon|Puerto Rico}} Yiye Ávila, Puerto Rican preacher and writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Spain}} Manuel Fraga, Spanish politician.
  • {{Flagicon|Spain}}{{Flagicon|Nicaragua}} {{interlanguage link|Pablo Martínez Téllez|es}}, Spanish composer.
  • {{Flagicon|Spain}} Ramón Belauste, Spanish football player{{Cite web |last=Bopp |first=English-Language Editor: John R. |date=2019-08-07 |title=Belaustegigoitia, the (oft-omitted) Basque nationalist who was recently awarded Nicaragua's highest honor, the Order of Rubén Darío |url=https://aboutbasquecountry.eus/en/2019/08/07/belaustegigoitia-the-oft-omitted-basque-nationalist-who-was-recently-awarded-nicaraguas-highest-honor-the-order-of-ruben-dario/ |access-date=2025-04-16 |website=About Basque Country |language=en-US}}
  • {{Flagicon|United States}} Jacqueline Cochran, American pilot and business executive.{{Cite web |title=Medal, Order of Ruben Dario, Jacqueline Cochran {{!}} National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-media/NASM-3166E1702D362_001 |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=airandspace.si.edu |language=en}}
  • {{Flagicon|United States}} Francis Spellman, American catholic prelate.
  • {{Flagicon|United States}} David Spencer, American evangelist.
  • {{Flagicon|Uruguay}} Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan writer.
  • {{Flagicon|Venezuela}} TeleSUR, TV channel.{{Cite web |title=Nicaragua gives Rubén Darío Order of Cultural Independence to teleSUR |url=https://www.radiohc.cu/en/noticias/internacionales/229630-nicaragua-gives-ruben-dario-order-of-cultural-independence-to-telesur |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=www.radiohc.cu |language=en}}
  • {{Flagicon|Japan}} Tadatoshi Akiba, Japanese politician{{Cite web |last=Peace |first=Mayors for |date=2010-02-15 |title=President visited Nicaragua to attend the conference and received “the Cultural Order Rubén Darío” from the President of Nicaragua |url=https://www.mayorsforpeace.org/en/news/2010/former-2010-1-gallery-en/ |access-date=2025-04-14 |website=Mayors for Peace |language=en-US}}

References

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