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Violeta Parra

Born: 4th October 1917, San Fabian, Chile

Died: 5th February 1967, Santiago, Chile

Nationality: Chilean

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena (The Chilean New Song), a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile. Parra is acknowledged as "the Queen Mother of Latin American folk".

Her birthdate (4 October) was chosen "Chilean Musicians' Day". In 2011, Andrés Wood directed a biopic about her, titled Violeta Went to Heaven (Spanish: Violeta se fue a los cielos).

Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Parra

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