Cesária Évora

Cesária Évora is one of those artists who proves authenticity outsings technique. The barefoot diva from Mindelo brought morna, the soulful music of tiny Cape Verde, to the entire world, singing of homesickness and love in Creole. What moves me is that she carried global honors, a Grammy and the Legion of Honour, without ever shedding her plainspoken dignity. Her voice does not perform emotion; it simply contains a whole life. She passed in 2011, but she remains, for me, the rare singer you reach for alone late at night, when you want a sound that understands longing.

Name (English)

Cesária Évora

Name (Japanese)

セザリア・エヴォラ

Reading

せざりあ・えゔぉら

Born

August 27, 1941 – December 17, 2011

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Snake

Origin

Mindelo, Cape Verde

Occupation

singer

Awards & achievements

• 2009 Knight of the Legion of Honour
• 2003 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album
• 1997 Kora Awards
• 2010 Order of Cultural Merit (Brazil)
• 2000 Victory of the album of traditional musics or musics of the world
• 2004 Victory of the album of traditional musics or musics of the world

• Official sitehttps://www.cesaria-evora.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ces%C3%A1ria%20%C3%89vora
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%A9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q103759

Tags

• singer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.