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Also known as Lilya Yuryevna Brik, Lilia Brik

muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky

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Active from
1997
Active to
2001

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Key facts

Born
Lili Yuryevna Kagan , ( 1891-11-11 ) 11 November 1891, Moscow, Russia
Died
4 August 1978 (1978-08-04) (aged 86), Moscow, Soviet Union
Other names
Л.Ю. Л.Ю.Б
Education
Moscow Institute of Architecture
Occupation
Author
Spouses
Osip Brik ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1912 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1930 ) ​ Vasily Abgarovich Katanyan ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1938 ) ​
Partner
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1915–1923)

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Lily
Gender
female
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Place of birth
Moscow
Place of death
Peredelkino
Occupation
prose writer
Languages spoken
Russian
Image
1928 LYuB editing film.jpg
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Commons category
Lilya Brik
date of birth
1891-11-11
date of death
1978-08-04
Commons gallery
Lilya Brik
manner of death
Suicide
birth name
Лили Уриевна Каган
unmarried partner
Vladimir Mayakovsky
cause of death
intoxication
significant person
Victor Sosnora
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Encyclopedic overview

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Lilya Yuryevna Brik (Russian: Лиля Юрьевна Брик; née Lili Yuryevna Kagan; 11 November [O.S. 30 October] 1891 – 4 August 1978) was a Russian author and socialite, connected to many leading figures in the Russian avant-garde between 1914 and 1930. She was the lover and muse of Vladimir Mayakovsky, even while she was married to poet, editor and literary critic Osip Brik (1888–1945). Pablo Neruda called Lilya the "muse of Russian avant-garde". Her name was frequently abbreviated by her contemporaries as "Л.Ю." or "Л.Ю.Б." which are the first letters of the Russian word lyubov (любовь, 'love').

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