Zehra Deović

Zehra Deović
Deović in 1962
Background information
Born(1938-12-09)9 December 1938
Foča, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died30 October 2015(2015-10-30) (aged 76)
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Occupation
  • singer
Years active1960–2015
Musical career
Genres
Instrument
  • vocals
Labels

Zehra Deović (9 December 1938 – 30 October 2015) was a Bosnian sevdalinka-folk singer and was one of the leading female singers of the 1960s and 1970s in Yugoslavia, along with Silvana Armenulić, Nada Mamula and Beba Selimović.

Deović started working at Radio Sarajevo in 1960 and released her first album two years later. She lived and worked in Sarajevo until her death.