Gabi Novak


Gabrijela "Gabi" Novak is a prominent Croatian pop and jazz singer. A wife of the prominent Croatian singer-songwriter Arsen Dedić, with whom she was married from March 1973, until his death in August 2015, Novak became popular in the 1960s.

Biography

Born in Berlin into a family of father Đuro, a Croat born in Hvar, and a mother Elizabeth, a German also born in Berlin, Novak spent her childhood in her hometown but later she moved to Yugoslavia. Her father was killed in 1945.
Novak was married to the prominent composer Stipica Kalogjera, but in 1970 they were divorced. In March 1973, she married Arsen Dedić, a renowned singer-songwriter who also composed many of her songs. The couple has one son Matija, a renowned jazz pianist.

Awards

Gabi Novak is the winner of several Porin awards: