Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

Violeta Parra: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last updated

Facts

Also Known As Violeta del Carmen Parra Sandoval
Born October 4, 1917 • Chile
Died February 5, 1967 (aged 49) • Santiago • Chile
Notable Works “Gracias a la Vida”
Joan Baez
Joan Baez
American singer and activist
default image
Bernice Johnson Reagon
American musician and historian
Víctor Jara
Víctor Jara
Chilean musician
default image
Jeff Buckley
American musician
default image
Mary Travers
American singer and songwriter
The Shakespeare of his generation
Bob Dylan
American singer-songwriter
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Buffy Sainte-Marie
American singer-songwriter
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn
Canadian musician
Noah Kahan smiles in a black tuxedo and bow tie, with decorative pins on his lapel.
Noah Kahan
American singer-songwriter
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
American singer and songwriter
Ruben Blades, wearing a dark suit and gold tie, sings into a microphone on stage with musicians from the Spanish Harlem Orchestra playing instruments in the background.
Rubén Blades
Panamanian musician, actor, and political activist
Sixto Rodriguez wearing a dark suit, sunglasses, and a black hat performs on stage in blue lighting, playing an acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone.
Sixto Rodriguez
American singer-songwriter
Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger
American singer
Billy Bragg
Billy Bragg
British singer, songwriter, and musician
Thomas Mapfumo
Thomas Mapfumo
Zimbabwean musician
Hudie Ledbetter, known as Leadbelly, sits in a suit playing a 12-string guitar at Bank Street School in New York City, surrounded by children listening.
Lead Belly
American musician
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
American singer and songwriter
Fela Kuti
Fela Kuti
Nigerian musician and activist
Bird, Andrew
Andrew Bird
American musician
default image
Cassandra Wilson
American musician

Related Quizzes

USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood
Pop Culture Quiz