Ateneo Puertorriqueño
Cultural institution in Puerto Rico founded in 1876
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The Ateneo Puertorriqueño (Puerto Rican Athenaeum) is a cultural institution in Puerto Rico. Founded on April 30, 1876, it has been called Puerto Rico's oldest cultural institution, however, it is actually its third oldest overall and second culturally, after the Bar Association of Puerto Rico, and the Casino of Mayagüez.
One of its founders was the playwright, Alejandro Tapia y Rivera. The Athenaeum was the first cultural institution in the island to give accolades and awards to artists and writers such as José Gautier Benítez, José de Diego, Manuel María Sama, Francisco Oller, Manuel Fernández Juncos, Lola Rodríguez de Tió and Luis Lloréns Torres.
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