rancheras and corridos for a musical production of the Banco del Estado (Chile's State Bank). He also recorded a CD of ballads and boleros titled Porque Te Amé (Because I Loved You) which was highly received in countries like Mexico and Peru. In 2010 he released La tierra entera. In 2011 La tierra entera won the Altazor Award as the best record of popular music of 2010. In 2011, his song The Pascua Lama won the Viña del Mar Music Festival as the best song of folk-roots. Manns lived in Central Chile where he has focused on the development of his literary career while he continued performing and creating music. Death Manns died of heart failure at the Clínica Bupa de Reñaca in Viña del Mar on 25 September 2021, at the age of 84. Discography Studio albums 1965: Entre Mar y Cordillera 1966: El Sueño Americano (with Voces Andinas) 1967: ¡El Folclore No Ha Muerto, Mierda! (with Silvia Urbina) 1968: La Hora Final 1971: Patricio Manns 1974: Chants de la Résistance Populaire Chilienne (with Karaxú) 1977: Canción Sin Límites (with the EGREM Orchestra of Cuba) 1983: Con la Razón y la Fuerza o la Araucana (with Inti Illimani) 1986: La Muerte No Va Conmigo (with Inti Illimani) 1998: Porque Te Amé 2003: Allende: La Dignidad Se Convierte en Costumbre 2010: La tierra entera 2016: La emoción de vivir Live albums 1975: Karaxú Live (live with Karaxú) 1983: Itinerario de un Retorno (in Mexico) 1990: Patricio Manns en Chile (in Chile) 2000: América, Novia Mía Compilation albums 1983: Cuando Me Acuerdo de Mi País 1999: Arriba en la Cordillera 2015: Legado de Trovadores (Arriba en la Cordillera, 50 años) Literature Manns is one of the most prolific writers in Chile. His literary creations embrace various genres, from novels with historical themes to essays and plays and he has published more than 30 works. The unique structures of his textual constructs and the seamless conductive literary technique he uniquely employs have made him the subject of scholarly study in various European and Latin American schools of literature and universities. Bibliography Fiction De noche sobre el rastro (1967) Buenas noches los pastores (Goodnight shepherds) (1973) Actas de Marusia (1974) Actas del alto Bío Bío (1985) Actas de muerteputa (1988) De repente los lugares desaparecen (Suddenly places disappear) (1991) El corazón a contraluz (Cavalier seul in France) (1996) Memorial de la noche (Night