Patricio Manns | |
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![]() Manns in 2017 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Iván Patricio Eugenio Manns de Folliot |
Born | Nacimiento, Chile | 3 August 1937
Died | 25 September 2021 (aged 84) Viña del Mar, Chile |
Genres | Folk, Latin music, world |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals, Spanish guitar |
Years active | 1959–2021 |
Labels | CBS, Philips, Alerce Chant du Monde |
Formerly of | Violeta Parra, Quilapayún, Inti-illimani, Víctor Jara, Ángel Parra, Horacio Salinas, Isabel Parra, Sergio Ortega, Pablo Neruda, Francisco Coloane |
Website | www |
Iván Patricio Eugenio Manns de Folliot, better known as Patricio Manns (3 August 1937 – 25 September 2021)[1] was a Chilean singer-songwriter, composer, author, poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and writer. Manns has been a prominent representative of the so-called Nueva canción chilena. He is known for his 1965 song "Arriba en la Cordillera". In 2011, he won the folkloric competition of the LII Viña del Mar International Song Festival with the song "De Pascua Lama", performed by Valentina Sepúlveda and Diapasón Porteño.