Victor jara

Victor Jara

By cpagel22
  • birth

    birth

    Víctor Jara, in full Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez, was born September 28, 1932, Lonquén, chiele.
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    Upbringing

    Jara was raised in poverty by a farmer father and a folksinger mother.
  • Entering army

    Entering army

    at age 15 he prepared for the priesthood but gave up his clerical studies to join the army.
  • Exiting army

    Exiting army

    He was honourably discharged after a year of service.
  • going to collage

    going to collage

    studied theatre at the University of Chile
  • meets vilotia para, and his singing career takes of

    meets vilotia para, and his singing career takes of

    in 1957 he met Violeta Parra, one of the founders of the nueva canción movement and began playing folk songs
  • once a stage director, always a stage director.

    once a stage director, always a stage director.

    Upon his graduation he began working as a stage director, and he continued to do so even after his singing career took off.
  • Canto a lo humano

    Canto a lo humano

    he released his self-titled debut album Canto a lo humano in 1966.
  • thousands of Popopular Unity supporters were arrested by Pinochet’s forces

    thousands of Popopular Unity supporters were arrested by Pinochet’s forces

    On September 11, 1973, thousands of Popular Unity supporters were arrested by Pinochet’s forces and held in a soccer stadium. There victor was beaten repeatedly. Jara defiantly sang“Venceremos.” soon after shot and killed by Pinochet’s forces.
  • After death

    After death

    After his death, Jara became a national icon in Chile, and he is still named in popular songs from that country and elsewhere. The stadium in which he was killed was renamed Víctor Jara Stadium in 2003.