Author describes mixed feelings after being declared Officer in the Order of Arts and Letters, in a week when the UK voted to leave the EU
The Rotters’ Club author Jonathan Coe has been declared France’s “favourite British author”, in a prestigious honour from the French government previously bestowed on authors such as TS Eliot and Seamus Heaney. Coe was made an Officer in France’s Order of Arts and Letters, an accolade he described as bittersweet in the wake of Britain’s vote to leave the EU.
The honour, one of France’s highest, was established in 1957 “to recognise eminent artists and writers, as well as people who have contributed significantly to furthering the arts in France and throughout the world”.
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