Osip Brik

Osip Brik
Osip Brik in 1928
Native name
Осип Максимович Брик
Born
Osip Meerovich Brik

(1888-01-28)28 January 1888
Died22 February 1945(1945-02-22) (aged 57)
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery
Occupation
LanguageRussian
Citizenship
  • Russian Empire (1886–1917)
  • Soviet (1917–1945)
EducationImperial Moscow University, Faculty of Law
Literary movement
Spouse
Lilya Brik (née Kagan)
(m. 1912; div. 1930)
RelativesElsa Triolet (ex-sister-in-law)

Osip Maksimovich Brik (Russian: Осип Максимович Брик; 28 January [O.S. 16 January] 1888 – 22 February 1945) was a Russian avant garde writer, literary critic and lawyer, known for being an important member of the Russian formalist school, though he also identified himself as one of the Futurists.