Víctor Jara

Aliases: Victor Jara
Real name: Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez
Born: September 28, 1932
Died: September 16, 1973
Country: Chile
IPI: 00039400202 7 works
00070383097 9 works
Affiliation: SCD
Comments: Folk singer/songwriter and one of the pioneers of the Nueva Canción genre. His political activism led to being executed by vassals of Chilean dictator Pinochet's regime.
Related: Quilapayún

Songs written by Víctor Jara

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
El arado	Víctor Jara	Victor Jara	1966	Covered by Hálft í hvoru
La partida	Víctor Jara	Victor Jara	April 1971	Covered by (5 artists)
Luchín	Víctor Jara	Victor Jara	1972	Covered by (5 artists)
Manifiesto	Víctor Jara	Victor Jara	1974	Covered by (3 artists)
Ni chicha ni limonà	Víctor Jara	Victor Jara	1971	Covered by (3 artists)
Plegaria a un labrador	Víctor Jara	Victor Jara con Quilapayún	1969	Covered by (3 artists)
Te recuerdo Amanda	Víctor Jara	Victor Jara	1969	Covered by (20 artists)

Title	Written by	Originals	Originally by	Covered by
Poema 15	Víctor Jara	Poema 15 [Poem]	Víctor Jara	Covered by (2 artists)
Venceremos	Víctor Jara	Venceremos	Quilapayún	Covered by Commandantes