Gabi Novak Explained
Gabi Novak |
Birth Name: | Gabrijela Novak |
Birth Date: | 8 July 1936 |
Birth Place: | Berlin, Nazi Germany |
Occupation: | Singer |
Years Active: | 1959–present |
Children: | 1 |
Module: | Embed: | yes | Background: | solo_singer | Instrument: | Vocals | Associated Acts: | Arsen Dedić |
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Gabrijela "Gabi" Novak (pronounced as /sh/; born 8 July 1936) is a Croatian pop and jazz singer. A wife of the prominent Croatian singer-songwriter Arsen Dedić, whom she married in 1973, Novak became popular in the 1960s.
Biography
Born in Berlin into a family of father Đuro Novak, a Croat from Hvar, and mother Elizabeth Reiman, a German from Berlin, Gabi Novak spent her childhood in her hometown but later she moved to Yugoslavia. Her father was killed in 1945.[1] [2]
Novak was married to the prominent composer Stipica Kalogjera but in 1970, they got divorced. On 30 March 1973, she married Arsen Dedić,[3] a renowned singer-songwriter who also composed many of her songs.[4] The couple had one son Matija, today a renowned jazz pianist.[5]
Awards
Gabi Novak is the winner of several Porin awards:
- Best Jazz Performance (2002)[6]
- Album of the Year (2003)[7]
- Best Female Vocal Performance (2003)[7]
- Best Pop Album (2003)[7]
- Best Vocal Collaboration (2003)[7]
- Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Gabi Novak - Menart. Menart. 26 November 2020. hr.
- Web site: Tina. Premec. GABI I ARSEN VEĆ 40 GODINA SKUPA 'Zaziremo od moderne tehnologije. Arsen mi je priznao da se zna služiti samo portafonom'. Jutarnji list. 12 April 2014. 26 November 2020. hr.
- Book: Lampe, John R.. Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. 2000. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-77401-7. 342 .
- Web site: GABI NOVAK - ZLATNA KOLEKCIJA u prodaji. 21 February 2006. Croatia Records. hr. 22 January 2009.
- Web site: Petar. Mikuličin. Matija Dedić o roditeljima, Gabi Novak i pokojnom Arsenu, glazbi, ljubavi prema šibenskoj Varoši... Moj otac u Šibeniku zaslužuje spomen. Šibenski.hr. 7 August 2017. 26 November 2020. hr.
- Web site: Porin 2002. hr. 17 January 2016.
- Web site: Porin 2003. hr. 17 January 2016.
- Web site: GABI NOVAK - PRVA DOBITNICA PORINA ZA ŽIVOTNO DJELO. 6 March 2006. Croatia Records. hr. 22 January 2009.