Place of Birth: San Carlos, Ñuble Province, ChileBirthday: 04 October 1917Bio: 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\".
