Cesária Évora

Known for Acting

Cesária Évora's portrait

Details

Birthday: August 27, 1941

Deathday: December 17, 2011

Place of birth: Mindelo, Portuguese Cape Verde

Biography

Cesária Évora was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album Voz d'Amor. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without shoes, she was known as the "Queen of Morna".