Gabrijela "Gabi" Novak (; born 8 July 1936) is a

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n pop and jazz singer. A wife of the prominent Croatian singer-songwriter

Arsen Dedić Arsenije "Arsen" Dedić ( sr-Cyrl, Арсеније "Арсен" Дедић, ; 28 July 1938 – 17 August 2015) was a Croatian singer-songwriter. He wrote and performed chansons, as well as film music. He was also an award-winning poet, and was o ...

, whom she married in 1973, Novak became popular in the 1960s.

Biography

Born in

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into a family of father Đuro Novak, a

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from

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, and mother Elizabeth Reiman, a

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from Berlin, Gabi Novak spent her childhood in her hometown but later she moved to

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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

, a renowned singer-songwriter who also composed many of her songs. The couple had one son Matija, today a renowned jazz pianist.

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).

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Biography

Gabi Novak
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