Gabi Novak

Croatian singer

Stipica Kalogjera

(div. 1970)

Arsen Dedić

(m. 1973; died 2015)

Children1Musical careerGenres

Pop
jazz

Instrument(s)Vocals

Musical artist

Gabrijela "Gabi" Novak (pronounced [ɡâbi nôʋaːk]; 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]

References

^ "Gabi Novak - Menart" (in Croatian). Menart. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ Premec, Tina (12 April 2014). "GABI I ARSEN VEĆ 40 GODINA SKUPA 'Zaziremo od moderne tehnologije. Arsen mi je priznao da se zna služiti samo portafonom'". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ Lampe, John R. (2000). Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. Cambridge University Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-521-77401-7.
^ "GABI NOVAK - ZLATNA KOLEKCIJA u prodaji" (in Croatian). Croatia Records. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
^ Mikuličin, Petar (7 August 2017). "Matija Dedić o roditeljima, Gabi Novak i pokojnom Arsenu, glazbi, ljubavi prema šibenskoj Varoši... Moj otac u Šibeniku zaslužuje spomen" (in Croatian). Šibenski.hr. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
^ "Porin 2002" (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Porin 2003" (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
^ "GABI NOVAK - PRVA DOBITNICA PORINA ZA ŽIVOTNO DJELO" (in Croatian). Croatia Records. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.