Patricio Manns - Awards and Recognition

Awards and Recognition

Manns is broadly recognized for his multi-faceted prolific career as a musician and literary figure. He is a founder of the movement of neo-folkloric popular music that emerged in Chile in the 1960s and constituted a fundamental nexus between the Nueva Canción Chilena (New Chilean Song) movement and more current musical developments. As a literary figure he has developed in the field of poetry, as a non-fiction writer, in novels and in theatre. Manns has been awarded numerous prizes - both national and international – for recognition in his fields, among them are:

• Premio Alerce (Alerce Prize) from the SECH (Society of Chilean Writers) organization and the University of Chile (1967)
• Premio Municipal de Literatura (Municipal Literary Prize) (1973) (this prize was officially awarded 25 years later in 1998)
• Guggenheim Fellowship (1988)
• Prix Rhône-Alpes: The French edition of his novel El Corazón a Contraluz, ‘Cavalier Seul’ was selected as one of the 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 summ 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 times.

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 Price" given by his peers for "La tierra entera" considered the best record of popular music recorded in 2010.