Lilya Brik | |
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Лиля Юрьевна Брик | |
 Lilya Brik shown editing film in 1928 | |
| Born | Lilya Yuryevna Kagan Лиля Юрьевна Каган November 11, 1891 |
| Died | August 4, 1978 (aged 86) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Citizenship | Soviet |
| Occupation | Author |
Lilya Yuryevna Brik (alternatively spelled Lili or Lily; Russian: Ли́ля Ю́рьевна Брик; née Kagan; November 11 [O.S. October 30] 1891 – August 4, 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 "любовь" lyubov, "love".[1]