Vladimir Mayakovsky. About That

Lilya Brik “knew how to be sad, feminine, capricious, proud, empty, changeable, in love, intelligent, and whatever else…,” W.B. Shklovsky wrote about her.

Some contemporaries considered her Mayakovsky’s Muse, others—his evil genius; some admired her, and others felt sharp dislike toward her. But in the memory of posterity she will remain, above all, a woman to whom Mayakovsky dedicated his best lyrical lines—and from whose spell the poet never managed to free himself.

Lilya Brik reads Mayakovsky—listen…

Additional information:
The audio recording of L.Yu. Brik reading was produced by V.A. Katanian in 1950.