best novels published in France in 1996. Premio del Consejo Nacional del Libro y la Lectura (2001) for the anthology of short stories in his Corre Hasta los Arboles (Run to the trees), which was published by Editorial Sudamericana as La Tumba del Zambullidor. Premio Municipal de Literatura de Valparaíso (2003). Prize given to him for the sum of his literary work. The Chilean Society of Writers (SCD) officially recognizes him as a Fundamental Figure of Chilean music (2006). In 2009 his song "Arriba en la cordillera" was awarded as the best popular song ever made, and Manns was awarded as the best interpreter of the Olmue Musical Festival competing for the best song of all time. In 2011 his song De Pascua Lama won the Viña del Mar International Music Festival as the best song of popular music. In 2011 he obtained the Altazor Award given by his peers for La tierra entera considered the best record of popular music recorded in 2010. References External links Songs and Discographie in CANCIONEROS.COM Arriba en la Cordillera'' 1937 births 2021 deaths 21st-century Chilean poets 21st-century Chilean male writers Chilean male poets Chilean communists Chilean male composers Chilean singer-songwriters Chilean folk singers 20th-century Chilean male singers Chilean people of German descent Chilean people of French descent Nueva canción musicians People from Bío Bío Province 21st-century Chilean male singers Chilean expatriates in Cuba Chilean expatriates in France 20th-century Chilean male artists