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Gabi Novak

Gabi Novak
Novak performing in 1961
Born
Gabrijela Novak

(1936-07-08)8 July 1936
Berlin, German Reich
Died11 August 2025(2025-08-11) (aged 89)
Zagreb, Croatia
OccupationSinger
Years active1959–2025
Spouses
  • Stipica Kalogjera
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    (div. 1970)​
  • ​
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    (m. 1973; died 2015)​
ChildrenMatija Dedić
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals

Gabrijela "Gabi" Novak (pronounced [ɡâbi nôʋaːk]; 8 July 1936 – 11 August 2025) was a Croatian pop and jazz singer. A wife of the prominent Yugoslav singer-songwriter Arsen Dedić, whom she married in 1973, Novak became popular in the 1960s.

Life and career

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Born in Berlin to 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, who died on 8 June 2025.[5] Matija's funeral was Novak's last public appearance before her death two months later,[6] on 11 August, at the age of 89. She died at a nursing home, shortly after recovering from pneumonia.[7]

Awards

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Gabi Novak was the winner of several Porin awards:

  • Best Jazz Performance (2002)[8]
  • Album of the Year (2003)[9]
  • Best Female Vocal Performance (2003)[9]
  • Best Pop Album (2003)[9]
  • Best Vocal Collaboration (2003)[9]
  • Lifetime Achievement Award (2006).[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Gabi Novak - Menart" (in Croatian). Menart. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Lampe, John R. (2000). Yugoslavia as History: Twice There was a Country. Cambridge University Press. p. 342. ISBN 978-0-521-77401-7.
  4. ^ "GABI NOVAK - ZLATNA KOLEKCIJA u prodaji" (in Croatian). Croatia Records. 21 February 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ I. G. (11 August 2025). "Tragična sudbina Gabi Novak: Pretpjela je dva najveća gubitka koja žena može doživjeti". Showbuzz (in Croatian). Retrieved 11 August 2025.
  7. ^ Preminula Gabi Novak, legendarna hrvatska pevačica (in Croatian)
  8. ^ "Porin 2002" (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d "Porin 2003" (in Croatian). Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  10. ^ "GABI NOVAK - PRVA DOBITNICA PORINA ZA ŽIVOTNO DJELO" (in Croatian). Croatia Records. 6 March 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
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