Nicanor parra y violeta parra biography
Violeta del Carmen Parra Nicanor Segundo Parra Sandoval (5 September – 23 January ) was a Chilean physicist and poet. He has been considered one of the most influential Spanish-language Chilean poets of the 20th century.
She started writing songs at
Violeta Parra was a Chilean composer, folk singer, and social activist, best known as one of the founders of the politically inflected Nueva Canción (“New Song”) movement. In addition, she painted, wrote poetry, sculpted, and wove arpilleras (folk tapestries).Violeta Parra (1917–1967) was a One of the fundamental contributions of composer Violeta Parra was the undermining of the Sarmientian paradigm. It can be said, in short, and that she and her brother Nicanor Parra showed the beauty that was born from the misnamed barbarism and, all the while, denied its existence.
The Chilean folklorist, visual artist, Los hermanos Parra considerados de la «primera generación» fueron hijos del bohemio maestro de escuela y músico (guitarrista y violinista), Nicanor Parra Alarcón, [1] y de la tejedora y modista de origen campesino, Rosa Clara Sandoval Navarrete, quien ya tenía dos hijas (Olga y Marta) de un primer matrimonio. [2].