| Atenea Award | |
| Awarded For: | Literature and science books |
| Sponsor: | Atenea |
| Venue: | University of Concepción |
| Country: | Chile |
| Year: | 1929 |
The Atena Award (Spanish; Castilian: '''Premio Atenea'''|links=no) is an honor given by the journal Atenea, published by the University of Concepción, Chile.
The award was given for the first time in 1929, granted annually to the most outstanding book of the year in the literary or scientific field.[1]
The Atenea was discontinued from 1967 to 1994, to be delivered again in 1994 and 1997. Re-launched in 2006, it now alternately rewards literary works and scientific books.[2]
| Year | Author | Work | Category | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Manuel Rojas | El delincuente | Literature | ||
| 1930 | Eugenio González | Más afuera | Literature | [3] | |
| Hiriundo | Literature | ||||
| La viuda del conventillo | Literature | ||||
| 1931 | Joaquín Edwards Bello | Valparaíso, ciudad del viento | Literature | [4] | |
| 1932 | Carlos Keller | La eterna crisis chilena | Science | ||
| Campesinos | Literature | ||||
| 1933 | Alcibíades Santa Cruz | Compendio de botánica | Science | ||
| Ernesto Montenegro | Cuentos de mi tío Ventura | Literature | |||
| 1934 | Pacífico-Atlántico | Science | |||
| Augusto d'Halmar | For all of his literary work | Literature | |||
| 1935 | Leonidas Corona | Química norma y patológica de la sangre | Science | ||
| 1936 | Guillermo Koenenkampf | Geografía santa | Science | ||
| 1937 | Mariano Latorre | Hombres y zorros | Literature | ||
| 1938 | Alejandro Vicuña P. | Horacio | Literature | ||
| Sady Zañartu | Lastarria | Literature | |||
| 1939 | Puertos verdes y caminos blancos | Literature | |||
| Argeo Angiolani | Introducción al estudio la química industrial | Science | |||
| 1940 | Hernán Díaz Arrieta | Don Alberto Blest Gana | Literature | ||
| Benjamín Subercaseaux | Chile o una loca geografía | Special Literature Award | |||
| 1941 | Daniel de la Vega | La sonrisa con lágrimas | Literature | ||
| Lecciones de clínicas de médica oftalmológica | Science | ||||
| 1942 | Rafael Maluenda | Armiño negro | Special Science Award | ||
| Reinaldo Lomboy | Ranquil | Special Literature Award | |||
| 1943 | Marta Brunet | Aguas abajo | Literature | ||
| Juan Verdaguer | Desprendimiento retinal | Science | |||
| Alejandro Reyes | El litre | Science | |||
| 1944 | Óscar Castro | La sombra las cumbres | Literature | ||
| 1945 | Luz de Viana | No sirve la luna blanca | Literature | ||
| Raúl Ortega | Manual de puericultura | Science | |||
| 1946 | Fernando Santiván | El bosque emprende su marcha | Literature | ||
| 1947 | María Flora Yáñez | Visiones de infancia | Literature | ||
| Luis Meléndez | El unicornio, la paloma y la serpiente | Literature | |||
| 1948 | Eduardo Barrios | Gran señor y rajadiablos | Literature | ||
| 1949 | Frontera | Literature | |||
| 1950 | Leopoldo Muzzioli | Atropía, nueva magnitud termodinámica | Science | ||
| Benjamín Subercaseaux | Jemmy Button | Literature | |||
| 1951 | Coirón | Literature | |||
| Historia de la pintura en Chile | Special Literature Award | ||||
| 1952 | La Emancipación y el fraile de la Buena Muerte | Literature | |||
| Voluntad y capacidad en los actos jurídicos | Literature | ||||
| 1953 | Luis Oyarzún | El pensamiento de Lastarria | Literature | ||
| 1954 | Juan Marín | El Egipto de los faraones | Literature | ||
| Roberto Vilches A. | Semántica española | Science | |||
| 1955 | Fernando Santiván | Memorias de un tolstoyano | Literature | ||
| 1956 | José Manuel Vergara | Daniel y los leones dorados | Literature | ||
| 1957 | Efraín Barquero | La compañera | Literature | ||
| 1958 | Fernando Alegría | Caballo de copas | Literature | ||
| 1959 | Última llama | Literature | |||
| 1960 | Estudio sobre la historia espiritual de occidente | Literature | |||
| 1961 | Roque Esteban Scarpa | Thomas Mann. Una personalidad en su obra | Literature | ||
| 1962 | Hernán Larraín Acuña | La génesis del pensamiento de Ortega | Literature | ||
| Hermann Niemeyer | Bioquímica general | Science | |||
| 1963 | Arturo Aldunate Phillips | Los robots no tiene Dios en el corazón | Literature | ||
| Enrique Lihn | La pieza oscura | Literature | |||
| Alberto Baltra | Teoría económica | Science | |||
| 1964 | Gonzalo Rojas | Contra la muerte | Literature | [5] | |
| Eusebio Lillo | Literature | ||||
| Pablo Neruda | Memorial de Isla Negra | Special Literature Award | |||
| 1965 | Jorge Edwards | El peso de la noche | Literature | [6] | |
| Sergio Correa Bello | El Cautiverio Feliz en la política chilena del Siglo XVII | Literature | |||
| Carlos Ruiz-Fuller | Geología y yacimientos metalíferos en Chile | Science | |||
| 1966 | Eugenio Pereira Salas | Historia del arte en el Reino de Chile | Literature | ||
| Roberto Donoso-Barros | Reptiles de Chile | Science | |||
| Rodolfo Oroz | La lengua castellana en Chile | Science | |||
| 1967–1993 | Vacant | ||||
| 1994 | Jorge Edwards | Fantasmas de carne y hueso | Literature | ||
| 1995–1996 | Vacant | ||||
| 1997 | Flora de Chile | Science | |||
| 1998–2005 | Vacant | ||||
| 2006 | Guadalupe Santa Cruz | Plasma | Literature | [7] | |
| 2007 | Jorge Nogales Gaetez Archibaldo Donoso Renato Verdugo | Tratado de neurología clínica | Science | [8] | |
| 2008 | Basuras de Shangai | Literature | [9] | ||
| 2010 | Vacant | [10] | |||
| 2012 | Dunas del deseo | Literature | [11] | ||
| 2015 | Omar Lara | Cuerpo final | Literature | [12] | |
| 2016 | Gabriel Gatica | A Simple Introduction to the Mixed Finite Element Method. Theory and Applications | Science | [13] | |
| 2017 | Pilar García | Mito–Historia, la novela en el cambio de siglo en Chile | Science and Literature | ||