People's Artist
People's Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Union republics, in some other Eastern bloc states (and communist states in general), as well as in a number of post-Soviet states, modeled after the title of the People's Artist of the USSR.
Russia
The term is confusingly used to translate two different Russian language titles: "народный артист" (awarded in performing arts, see e.g., Category:People's Artists of the USSR) and "народный художник" (awarded in some visual arts: painting drawing, and photography, see e.g., Category:People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts)). Both titles are awarded for exceptional achievements in the corresponding arts.
Some other arts gave rise special titles: People's Architect, People's Writer, People's Poet.
Vietnam
In Vietnam the abbreviation NSND (Nghệ sĩ Nhân dân) is used. This is Vietnam's top artistic award for a living artist – second only to the often posthumous Ho Chi Minh Prize. The youngest ever recipient was the Russian trained opera soprano Le Dung in 1993.[1] The lesser award of Merited Artist of Vietnam is abbreviated NSƯT.
China
The People's Artist (Chinese: 人民艺术家) is a type of national honorary titles. Currently 6 people are rated as this title:
- Lao She, awarded by Beijing Municipality Government in 1951
- Qi Baishi, awarded by Ministry of Culture of PRC Central Government in 1953[2]
- Chang Xiangyu, awarded posthumously by State Council in 2004[3]
- Wang Meng[4]
- Qin Yi[4]
- Guo Lanying, these three are awarded by SCNPC in 2019[4]
See also
- List of People's Artists of Azerbaijan
- Merited Artist of the Russian Federation
- National Artist
- People's Artist of Russia
- People's Artist of Ukraine
- People's Artist of Albania
References
- Famous Vietnamese opera singer dies 30 January 2001 "Vietnam's best known opera singer, Le Dung, has died of a stroke at the age of forty-five. She had just returned from a three-week-long European tour when she was taken ill on Friday. Le Dung had won prizes for her work in France, Hungary and North Korea. In 1993, she became the youngest person ever to be awarded Vietnam's top artistic accolade."
- Wang Weimin (1997). "中国人民杰出的艺术家──纪念齐白石大师逝世40周年". Yinshan Xuekan (3): 48-50.
- State Council of the People's Republic of China. "国务院关于追授常香玉同志 "人民艺术家"荣誉称号的决定". www.gov.cn. Retrieved 2020-04-03.
- Xinhua News Agency. "国家主席习近平签署主席令 在庆祝中华人民共和国成立70周年之际授予42人国家勋章和国家荣誉称号". Xinhua Net. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2020-04-03.