Violeta Parra
Known As: Violeta del Carmen Parra SandovalDied: 5th February, 1967Born: 4th October, 1917Age: 109Birthplace: San Carlos, Ñuble Province, ChileBiography: Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval was a Chilean composer, singer-songwriter, folklorist, ethnomusicologist and visual artist. She pioneered the Nueva Canción Chilena, a renewal and a reinvention of Chilean folk music that would extend its sphere of influence outside Chile. Parra is acknowledged as "the Mother of Latin American folk".
