Kubišová, Marta

Marta Kubišová (*1942) is a Czech singer, actress and moderator, multiple winner of award the Zlaty slavík and a signatory of Charter 77. She received the 2017 Český slavík award for Outstanding Personality in Czech Music in connection with the end of her singing career. Her song "Prayer for Martha" became a symbol of national resistance after the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact armies in August 1968. Among her best-known songs are also "Lampa", "Cesta" and "Nechte zvony znít".