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Gracias a la vida
"Gracias a la vida" was written, composed and first performed by the Chilean folk singer-songwriter Violeta Parra, one of the artists of the movement and musical genre known as the Nueva Canción Chilena. She composed it in La Paz, Bolivia, in 1966, and it was included on Las Últimas Composiciones, the last album she released before her death by suicide in 1967.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Gracias a la vida. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gracias-a-la-vida
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- “Gracias a la vida.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/gracias-a-la-vida. Accessed .
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