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Hana Zagorová

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Hana Zagorová
Hana Zagorová seated on a red couch, smiling and looking left of camera
Zagorová in 2014
Born(1946-09-06)6 September 1946
Died26 August 2022(2022-08-26) (aged 75)
Prague, Czech Republic
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
  • actress
  • presenter
Years active1963–2022
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Labels
Websitezagorovahana.cz

Hana Zagorová (6 September 1946 – 26 August 2022)[1] was a Czech singer, songwriter, actress, and presenter who had recorded music since 1964. She won the national Zlatý slavík music award on nine occasions between 1977 and 1985,[2] the second highest number of victories in the award's history, after Lucie Bílá, who won the successor award, Český slavík, thirteen times.[3]

Biography

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In 1977, Zagorová signed the Anticharter, a petition opposing Charter 77.[4]

Zagorová suffered from paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria and experienced complications related to COVID-19 in 2020.[5] She died on 26 August 2022, at the age of 75.[6]

Discography

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Studio albums

  • Bludička (1971)
  • Cesta ke štěstí (1976)
  • Breviary of Love (1979)
  • …tobě, tebe, ti (1979)
  • Oheň v duši mé (1980)
  • Střípky (1981)
  • Světlo a stín (1982)
  • Mimořádná linka (1983)
  • Co stalo se stalo (1984)
  • Sítě kroků tvých (1985)
  • Náhlá loučení (1986)
  • Živá voda (1988)
  • Dnes nejsem doma (1990)
  • Rozhovor v tichu (1991)
  • Když nemůžu spát (1994)
  • Já? (1998)
  • Hanka (2001)
  • Navěky zůstane čas (2003)
  • Zloděj duší (2007)
  • Vyznání (2014)
  • O lásce (2016)
  • Já nemám strach (2018)

Selected filmography

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Publications

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  • Milostně – poetry collection (2006)

See also

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  • Hana Zagorová and Michaela Zindelová. Hana Zagorová — dřív než to zapomenu (in Czech) V Praze : Ikar, 2004 OCLC 62733951

References

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  1. ^ "Hana Zagorová – životopis". osobnosti.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 5 August 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Český Slavík Mattoni 2011". Cesky Slavik (in Czech). Archived from the original on 15 June 2011.
  3. ^ "Èeský slavík Mattoni 2011". 15 June 2011. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Anticharta: Za nové tvůrčí činy ve jménu socialismu a míru" [Anticharta: For new creative acts in the name of socialism and peace]. Lidové noviny (in Czech). 8 January 2007. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Národ strnul v šoku: Margita nechtěl, aby se vědělo, že Hanka umírá" [The nation froze in shock: Margita did not want it to be known that Hanka was dying]. Aha! (in Czech). 27 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ Laštovka, David. "Zemřela zpěvačka Hana Zagorová. Celý život bojovala s krutou nemocí" [Singer Hana Zagorová has died. She fought a cruel disease all her life]. CNN Prima News (in Czech). CNN. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
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