She had a tough childhood, because her family lived in poverty.Two years after her birth, the family moved to Santiago, Lautaro and Chillán, where Violeta Parra http://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-7683.html started singing and playing the guitar and began composing traditional Chilean music. She performed in nightclubs (in the Mapocho district), interpreting boleros and rancheras. In 1934, she married a militant communist. Become involving in the progressive movement.
In 1948, she separated and began singing together as “The Parra Sisters”, and they recorded some of their works. Year later, Violeta Parra http://www.fundacionvioletaparra.org/ married her second husband, continued performing throughout Argentina. She met Pablo Neruda that would dedicate the poem “Elegia para Cantar” to her. In 1955, she moved to Paris, where performed at in the Quartier Latin. In 1966, she composed Gracias a la Vida, one of the most covered Latin American songs in history. Year later, she committed suicide, with a gunshot.
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