The National Prize of Chile ( es, Premio Nacional de Chile) is the collective name given to a set of awards granted by the government of
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
through the
Ministry of Education
An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...
and, as of 2003, by the
National Council of Culture and the Arts
The National Council of Culture and the Arts (CNCA) was the Chilean government agency responsible for arts and cultural policy. The council was founded in 2003 and amalgamated arts and cultural policy under a single agency. It was a cabinet-level ...
. They are presented by the
President of the Republic at an official ceremony held at
La Moneda Palace
Palacio de La Moneda (, ''Palace of the Mint''), or simply La Moneda, is the seat of the President of the Republic of Chile. It also houses the offices of three cabinet ministers: Interior, General Secretariat of the Presidency and General Secret ...
.
Awards
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National Prize for Literature, since 1942
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National Prize for Journalism, since 1954
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National History Award, since 1974
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National Prize for Education Sciences, since 1981
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National Prize for Plastic Arts, since 1992
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National Prize for Musical Arts, since 1992
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National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts
The National Prize for Performing and Audiovisual Arts ( es, Premio Nacional de Artes de la Representación y Audiovisuales) was created in Chile in 1992 under Law 19169 as one of the replacements of the National Prize of Art of Chile, National Pri ...
, since 1992
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National Prize for Applied Sciences and Technologies, since 1992
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National Prize for Exact Sciences, since 1992
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National Prize for Natural Sciences, since 1992
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National Prize for Humanities and Social Sciences, since 1992
Former awards
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National Prize of Art, from 1944 to 1991
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National Prize for Sciences, from 1969 to 1991
References
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1942 establishments in Chile
Chilean awards