- Silvana Armenulić
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Silvana Armenulic
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Zilha Barjaktarević
Alias = Silvana Armenulic
Born = birth date|1939|05|18|mf=y
Died = death date and age|1976|10|10|1939|05|18|mf=y
Kolari,Serbia , Yugoslavia
Origin = Doboj,Bosnia-Herzegovina , Yugoslavia
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Genre =folk
Occupation = musician, actress
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Notable_instruments =Silvana Armenulić (Born: 18th May 1939,
Doboj ,Kingdom of Yugoslavia (nowBosnia and Herzegovina ), Died:October 10 ,1976 , near Kolari,SFR Yugoslavia (nowSerbia ) was one of the most prominent commercial folk (neo-folk), as well as traditionalsevdalinka , singers informer Yugoslavia .Born Zilha Barjaktarević, she started singing very early. After quickly making a name locally as prominent "
kafana " singer, she moved to capitalBelgrade in search of expanded career opportunities. Soon upon arrival she took astage name Silvana after Italian actressSilvana Mangano and married tennis playerRadmilo Armenulić with whom she had a daughter named Gordana (born 1964).Her career took off simultaneously and she went on to become one of the biggest commercial folk stars in
SFR Yugoslavia . This led to numerous and well publicized country-wide singing engagements, and later still to appearances in popular TV sitcoms like "Ljubav na seoski nacin " and folksy movies such as "Gradjani sela Luga ".Unfortunatelly, her life and career were cut short. In 1976, she died in a car accident along with her pregnant sister Mirjana (Merima) Barjaktarević and violinist and
Radio Belgrade folk orchestra conductorRade Jasarević .External links
* [http://www.bhdani.com/default.asp?kat=kol&broj_id=390&tekst_rb=22 Bosnian writer
Miljenko Jergović on Silvana Armenulić]
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