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Violeta Parra

ビオレータ・パラ　/　びおれーた・ぱら

Singer-songwriter from Chile

October 4, 1917 – February 5, 1967　・　San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile

Ñuble Province
singer-songwriter
poet
painter

My Take

Violeta Parra is one of those rare figures who refuse to fit in a single box, and that is exactly why I admire her so much. A composer, poet, painter, sculptor and embroiderer, she treated creativity as one continuous act rather than separate crafts. What moves me most is that she did not just perform Chilean folk music, she went out and rescued it, then reinvented it into the Nueva Cancion movement that reshaped Latin American culture. Gracias a la vida alone would secure her immortality. That she died so young in 1967 makes her output feel almost impossibly dense. I find her fearless and irreplaceable.

Overview

Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval (Spanish pronunciation: [bjoˈleta ˈpara]; 4 October 1917 – 5 February 1967) 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.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Violeta Parra
Name (Japanese): ビオレータ・パラ
Reading: びおれーた・ぱら
Born: October 4, 1917 – February 5, 1967
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Libra / Snake
Origin: San Carlos, Ñuble Province, Chile
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: singer-songwriter / poet / painter / sculptor / embroiderer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2014 Latin Songwriters Hall of Fame
2013 Latin Grammy Hall of Fame

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Gracias a la vida	—
Notable work	El gavilán	—
Notable work	Volver a los 17	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%91%E3%83%A9

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