Gabrijela "Gabi" Novak (; born 8 July 1936) is a
Croatia
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n 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
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into a family of father Đuro Novak, a
Croat
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from
Hvar
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with a high east–west ridge of M ...
, and mother Elizabeth Reiman, a
German from Berlin, Gabi Novak spent her childhood in her hometown but later she moved to
Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
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. Her father was killed in 1945.
Novak was married to the prominent composer Stipica Kalogjera but in 1970, they got divorced. On 30 March 1973, she married
Arsen Dedić, a renowned singer-songwriter who also composed many of her songs. The couple had one son Matija, who died on June 8, 2025.
Awards
Gabi Novak is the winner of several
Porin awards:
* Best Jazz Performance (2002)
* Album of the Year (2003)
* Best Female Vocal Performance (2003)
* Best Pop Album (2003)
* Best Vocal Collaboration (2003)
* Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).
References
External links
Biography
Gabi Novak
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1936 births
Living people
20th-century Croatian women singers
Croatian pop singers
Yugoslav women singers
21st-century Croatian women singers