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  • Searle, whose first published drawings recall the three and a half years he survived in a Japanese prisoner of war camp, and who went on to create the hellish schoolgirls from St Trinians and the immortal Nigel Molesworth, has been awarded a CBE in Britain and the Legion d'Honneur in his adopted home in France.

    Ronald Searle cartoons go on show to help breast cancer charities 2011

  • Merits: Awarded the Chevalier of the Order of Merit and Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur decorations.

    News Chief Pushes Multimedia Amy Ma 2011

  • The first recipient of the Palme d'Honneur, an honorary career achievement award, goes to Bernardo Bertolucci, who declares the festival officially open.

    Peggy Siegal: To Cannes With Love, Peggy Siegal 2011

  • Reuters French President François Mitterrand and his wife Danielle stand together during the annual concert at the Légion d'Honneur school in Saint Denis near Paris, in this file photo taken March 28, 1995.

    Wife of Former French Leader Mitterrand Dies Inti Landauro 2011

  • The first recipient of the Palme d'Honneur, an honorary career achievement award, goes to Bernardo Bertolucci, who declares the festival officially open.

    Peggy Siegal: To Cannes With Love, Peggy Siegal 2011

  • The officers and enlisted men of 369th Regiment were awarded 170 Croix de Guerre and the Legions d'Honneur.

    Ken Blackwell: Honoring All our WWI Heroes Ken Blackwell 2011

  • The charge of influence peddling relates to his awarding the Legion d'Honneur, one of France's highest honors to a Bettencourt aide in 2008.

    Sarkozy Ally Probed for Influence Peddling David Gauthier-Villars 2012

  • Movie legend Melvin Van Peebles "the Godfather of independent movies and Black cinema," author of five French novels and recipient of the Legion d'Honneur, joins Coup de Foudre in a rare NY appearance, reading excerpts from Cocteau poems in his own words.

    Charles Fabius: Jean Cocteau Goes Multimedia at the Guggenheim Charles Fabius 2010

  • The officers and enlisted men of 369th Regiment were awarded 170 Croix de Guerre and the Legions d'Honneur.

    Ken Blackwell: Honoring All our WWI Heroes Ken Blackwell 2011

  • The first recipient of the Palme d'Honneur, an honorary career achievement award, goes to Bernardo Bertolucci, who declares the festival officially open.

    Peggy Siegal: To Cannes With Love, Peggy Siegal 2011

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