Literature · Philosophy · Film · 1905–1982
Born: 2 February 1905 · Died: 6 March 1982 · Age at death: 77
Ayn Rand died aged 77. She was born on 2 February 1905 and died on 6 March 1982.
Russian-American novelist of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged who founded the individualist philosophy of Objectivism
Did you know?She was a lifelong fan of Charlie's Angels and once described the television show as her favourite programme.
Ayn Rand championed selfishness as a virtue. She grew up in St Petersburg and watched the Bolsheviks seize her father's pharmacy. That experience made her a lifelong enemy of communism. She moved to America in 1926 and worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter. Her novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged celebrate individual genius against the crowd and the state. Her philosophy is called Objectivism. Her books still sell well and inspire many libertarians.
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2, 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which she named Objectivism.
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Russian-American writer, 1905–1982
Ayn Rand was born Alisa Rosenbaum in St Petersburg on 2 February 1905.
She moved to the United States in 1926.
The Fountainhead appeared in 1943.
Atlas Shrugged followed in 1957.
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Did you know?She worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter.
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