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Lilya Brik

1891 - 1978

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lilya Brik is the 1,793rd most popular writer (up from 1,799th in 2019), the 628th most popular biography from Russia (up from 645th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Russian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Lilya Brik ranks 1,793 out of 7,302. Before her are José Carlos Mariátegui, Thomas of Celano, Julien Gracq, Adam Zagajewski, Gabriel Naudé, and Ibn Kemal. After her are Colin Dexter, Juan Carlos Onetti, Gaius Julius Solinus, Yaşar Kemal, Slavenka Drakulić, and Louis-Sébastien Mercier.

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Among people born in 1891, Lilya Brik ranks 65. Before her are Otto Rasch, Arnold Jackson, Elvira de Hidalgo, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Wilhelm Ritter von Thoma, and John Langenus. After her are Dimitrije Ljotić, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Oswald Boelcke, Walter A. Shewhart, Emiliano Mercado del Toro, and Lajos Zilahy. Among people deceased in 1978, Lilya Brik ranks 71. Before her are Henry Corbin, Arnold Hauser, Guo Moruo, Nico Diederichs, Herbert Kappler, and Pablo Dorado. After her are Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Wadie Haddad, Viggo Brun, Pancho Vladigerov, Gaston Julia, and Samuel Goudsmit.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Lilya Brik ranks 628 out of 3,761. Before her are Andrey Korotayev (1961), Tsarevna Catherine Ivanovna of Russia (1691), Jean Béraud (1849), Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia (1864), Vasily Degtyaryov (1880), and Tode Mongke (1282). After her are Valery Gergiev (1953), Vasily Alekseyev (1942), Vladislav Volkov (1935), Nikolai Kuznetsov (1904), Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia (1826), and Pavel Axelrod (1850).

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Among WRITERS In Russia

Among writers born in Russia, Lilya Brik ranks 72. Before her are Korney Chukovsky (1882), John of Kronstadt (1829), Konstantin Simonov (1915), Aleksandr Kuprin (1870), Konstantin Paustovsky (1892), and Denis Fonvizin (1745). After her are Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich of Russia (1858), Dmitry Merezhkovsky (1866), Alexander Grin (1880), Valery Bryusov (1873), Alexandre Benois (1870), and Nikolay Dobrolyubov (1836).

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