What is Marta Kubišová?
[[File:Marta Kubišová portrait.jpg|thumb|Marta Kubišová]] '''Marta Kubišová''' (1 November [[1942]] in [[České Budějovice]], then in [[Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia]]) is a [[Czechs|Czech]] [[singer]] most popular in [[Czechoslovakia]] in [[1960s]]. She won ''Zlatý slavík'' TV award in 1967. == Life == '''Family''' Marta Kubišová’s father was a cardiologist and her mother a housewife. Her family moved to Poděbrady in 1952. She married [[Jan Něměc]], who later emigrated and they got divorced. Her second husband was director [[Jan Moravec]]. Her daughter Kateřina was born on 1 June 1979. === Career === Her singing career started with a dance group in [[Nymburk]]. She reached the finals in ''Hledáme nové talenty'' in 1961. In 1963 she moved to Plzeň to perform. In September 1964 she performed in theater Rokoko. She won ''Silver Lyre of Bratislava'' with [[Helena Vondráčková]] in 1966. She created the group 'Golden Kids' with [[Václav Neckář]] and Vondráčková in 1967. Her song ''Prayer for Marta'' became a symbol of national resistance against the [[occupation in 1968|occupation of Warsaw Pact troops in 1968]]. During the Prague Spring, she recorded over 200 SP records and one LP (''Songy a Balady''), which was immediately banned from stores. The government unjustly banned her from performing in February 1970. She signed the [[Charter 77]] and she became their speaker. She suffered a miscarriage and survived clinical death. Marta was also an actress and she met her husband [[Jan Němec]] while filming. In 1990s and 2000s she also took part in concerts to promote human rights. She was awarded the ''Honorary Medal of T. G. Masaryk'' in 1998 and in October 2002 she got the ''St. Wenceslas Honours''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Kubisova, Marta}} [[Category:1942 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Czech singers]]