Bob Dylan(USA) Awarded France's Highest Award,the Legion of Honor Wed Nov 13,2013

The French government has presented US singer Bob Dylan with the country's highest award, the Legion of Honour on Wed Nov 13,2013

Presenting Bob Dylan with the award, Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti said he was a hero for young people hungry for justice and independence

Bob Dylan has never recorded any songs in French but a generation of people in France fell in love with his music and his message in the 1960s and 70s