Víctor Jara

Víctor Jara

Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈβiktoɾ ˈliðjo ˈxaɾa maɾˈtines]; 28 September 1932 – 16 September 1973) was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and socialist political activist tortured and killed by the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad array of works, ranging from locally produced plays to world classics, as well as the experimental work of playwrights such as Ann Jellicoe. He also played a pivotal role among neo-folkloric musicians who established the Nueva Canción Chilena (New Chilean Song) movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Víctor Jara has received more than 905,794 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 45 in 2019). Víctor Jara is the 64th most popular singer, the 6th most popular biography from Chile (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Chilean Singer.

Victor Jara was a Chilean folk singer and political activist who was killed by the Chilean military in 1973. He is most famous for his song "El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido" which translates to "The People United Will Never Be Defeated."