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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.
Her birthdate (4 October) was chosen as "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
