The Tombs of Atuan
| First published | December 1970 |
|---|---|
| Type | Novel |
| Series | Earthsea › Earthsea Cycle #2 |
When Tenar was still a small child, it was discovered, that the was the reincarnation of a priestess. At 5 she is transferred to the temple. As part of her training, she is supposed to learn about the underground labyrinth. One day a wizard enters the labyrinth as well, probably looking for treasure.
Texts of the December 1970 one-part serialization and the 1971 book may differ. That is one explanation for Le Guin's sometimes-reported copyright "1970, 1971".
Please see http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Author:Ursula K. Le Guin#The Tombs of Atuan for bibliographic notes about this title.
Please see http://www.isfdb.org/wiki/index.php/Author:Ursula K. Le Guin#The Tombs of Atuan for bibliographic notes about this title.
| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | John Newbery Medal | Newbery Medal | Nominee/Finalist |
| 1972 | Mythopoeic Award | Mythopoeic Fantasy Award | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 1970 |
|
Worlds of Fantasy, Winter 1970 | UPD Publishing Corporation | MAGAZINE | 4 |
| June 1971 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum | Novel | |
| July 1971 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum | Novel | |
| February 1972 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum | Novel | 3 |
| April 1972 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Gollancz | Novel | |
| March 1973 | The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum | Novel | ||
| June 1973 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Gollancz | Novel | |0 |
| 1974 |
|
De tomben van Atuan | Het Spectrum | Novel | 7|3 |
| 1974 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Puffin | Novel | |
| March 1974 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum | Novel | |
| 1975 | The Tombs of Atuan | Puffin | Novel | ||
| September 1975 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | 1 |
| October 1975 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | |
| December 1975 | The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | ||
| 1976 | The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum | Novel | ||
| 1976 |
|
Aardzee | Het Spectrum | Omnibus | 177 |
| 1976 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Puffin | Novel | |
| June 1976 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | 1 |
| July 1976 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | |
| December 1976 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | |
| December 1976 |
|
こわれた腕環 | 岩波書店 | Novel | |
| March 1977 |
|
Earthsea | Gollancz | Omnibus | |
| June 1977 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | 1 |
| November 1977 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | |
| 1978 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Puffin | Novel | |
| 1978 | The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | ||
| 1978 |
|
Gravkamrarna i Atuan | Rabén & Sjögren | Novel | |
| October 1978 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | |
| 1979 |
|
The Earthsea Trilogy | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 169 |
| March 1979 | The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | ||
| November 1979 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | 1 |
| November 1979 |
|
Die Gräber von Atuan | Heyne | Novel | 11 |
| 1980 |
|
Terremer | Seghers | Omnibus | |2 |
| May 1980 | The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | ||
| 1981 |
|
Os túmulos de Atuan | Livros do Brasil | Novel | |
| January 1981 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | 1 |
| 1982 |
|
The Earthsea Trilogy | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 169 |
| August 1982 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | |
| 1983 | The Earthsea Trilogy | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 169 | |
| 1983 |
|
Die Gräber von Atuan | Heyne | Novel | 11 |
| 1984 |
|
Aardzee | Het Spectrum | Omnibus | |
| 1984 |
|
Die Gräber von Atuan | Heyne | Novel | 11 |
| June 1984 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Books | Novel | |
| April 1985 |
|
Les tombeaux d'Atuan | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| 1986 |
|
The Earthsea Trilogy | Penguin Books | Omnibus | 169 |
| October 1986 |
|
Erdsee | Heyne | Omnibus | 231 |
| October 1987 | The Earthsea Trilogy | Puffin | Omnibus | ||
| 1988 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Puffin | Novel | |
| 1988 |
|
Trilogija o Zemljomorju | Polaris Beograd | Omnibus | 143 |
| January 1988 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | G. K. Hall & Co. | Novel | |
| March 1988 |
|
Las tumbas de Atuan | Minotauro | Novel | |
| August 1988 |
|
Les tombeaux d'Atuan | Presses Pocket | Novel | |
| August 1989 | The Tombs of Atuan | Gollancz | Novel | ||
| October 1989 |
|
La saga di Earthsea | Editrice Nord | Omnibus | 155 |
| 1991 | Aardzee: Machten van Aardzee / De tomben van Atuan | Het Spectrum | Omnibus | ||
| January 1991 |
|
Terremer | Robert Laffont | Omnibus | 169 |
| February 1991 | The Tombs of Atuan | Bantam Spectra | Novel | ||
| February 1991 |
|
Terremer | Le Grand Livre du Mois | Omnibus | 169 |
| June 1991 | The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum / Macmillan | Novel | ||
| December 1991 | The Tombs of Atuan | Roc UK | Novel | ||
| January 1992 |
|
Terremer | France Loisirs | Omnibus | 169 |
| March 1992 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Puffin | Novel | |
| June 1993 |
|
The Earthsea Quartet | Puffin | Omnibus | |
| June 1993 |
|
The Earthsea Quartet | Puffin | Omnibus | 169 |
| 1994 |
|
Erdsee | Heyne | Omnibus | 231 |
| January 1994 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Recorded Books | Novel | |
| 1995 |
|
Erdsee | Weitbrecht | Omnibus | |
| 1995 |
|
Atuan mezaları | Metis Yayınları | Novel | |
| November 1999 | Erdsee | Heyne | Omnibus | 237 | |
| 2000 |
|
Aardzee omnibus deel 1: Machten van Aardzee / De tomben van Atuan | Het Spectrum | Omnibus | 177 |
| September 2001 | The Tombs of Atuan | Aladdin Paperbacks / Simon & Schuster | Novel | ||
| September 2001 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Aladdin | Novel | |
| 2002 |
|
Die Gräber von Atuan | Carlsen | Novel | |
| May 2002 |
|
Os túmulos de Atuan | Editorial Presença | Novel | |
| June 2002 | The Tombs of Atuan | Aladdin Paperbacks / Simon & Schuster | Novel | ||
| 2003 |
|
Historias de Terramar II | Minotauro | Novel | |
| 2003 |
|
Atuánské hrobky | Triton (Czech Republic) | Novel | |
| October 2003 |
|
Terremer | Robert Laffont | Omnibus | 169 |
| July 2004 |
|
Erdsee | Piper (Germany) | Omnibus | 237 |
| November 2004 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Pocket Books | Novel | |
| April 2005 |
|
The Earthsea Trilogy | Science Fiction Book Club | Omnibus | 147 |
| September 2005 |
|
Erdsee | Piper (Germany) | Omnibus | 237 |
| March 2006 |
|
Terremer | Robert Laffont | Omnibus | 169 |
| February 2007 |
|
Terremer | Le Livre de Poche | Omnibus | 253 |
| March 2007 |
|
Terremer | Le Livre de Poche | Omnibus | |2 |
| March 2007 |
|
Terremer | Robert Laffont | Omnibus | 193 |
| April 2007 |
|
La leggenda di Earthsea | Editrice Nord | Omnibus | 155 |
| October 2007 |
|
Terremer | Le Livre de Poche | Omnibus | 253 |
| August 2008 | The Tombs of Atuan | Paw Prints | Novel | ||
| April 2010 |
|
The Earthsea Quartet | Puffin | Omnibus | |169 |
| June 2010 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Recorded Books | Novel | |
| April 2011 |
|
De tomben van Atuan | Het Spectrum | Novel | |
| February 2012 |
|
The Earthsea Quartet | Penguin Books | Omnibus | |
| September 2012 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Turtleback Books | Novel | |
| September 2012 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Novel | |
| September 2012 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Novel | |
| September 2012 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Atheneum Books for Young Readers | Novel | |
| May 2013 |
|
Erdsee | Piper (Germany) | Omnibus | 237 |
| September 2015 |
|
Aardzee | De Boekerij | Omnibus | |3 |
| September 2015 |
|
Aardzee | De Boekerij | Omnibus | 181 |
| 2016 |
|
Aardzee | De Boekerij | Omnibus | 181 |
| 2016 |
|
Atuano kapai | Alma Littera | Novel | |
| July 2016 |
|
Earthsea: The First Four Books | Puffin | Omnibus | 219 |
| May 2017 |
|
As tumbas de Atuan | Arqueiro | Novel | |
| October 2018 |
|
Erdsee: Die illustrierte Gesamtausgabe | Fischer Tor | Omnibus | 161 |
| October 2018 | สุสานแห่งอาทูอัน | Words Wonder | Novel | ||
| October 2018 |
|
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition | Saga Press | Omnibus | 133 |
| October 2018 |
|
The Books of Earthsea: The Complete Illustrated Edition | Gollancz | Omnibus | |
| October 2018 |
|
The Books of Earthsea | Gollancz | Omnibus | |185 |
| October 2019 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | Gollancz | Novel | |
| 2022 |
|
The Tombs of Atuan | The Folio Society | Novel | |
| September 2022 |
|
As tumbas de Atuan | Morro Branco | Novel | |
| 2023 |
|
Velká Kniha Zeměmoří: Svasez první | Triton (Czech Republic) | Omnibus | 189 |
| July 2023 |
|
Yerdeniz | Metis Yayınları | Omnibus | 145 |
| December 2023 |
|
地海古墓 | 江苏凤凰文艺出版社 | Novel | |
| April 2024 |
|
Le tombe di Atuan | Mondadori | Novel | |
| November 2025 |
|
Atuan mezaları | Metis Yayınları | Novel |