Ayn Rand

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Aliases:
Ajn Rend, Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум, Рэнд, and 44 others Alise Rozenbauma, Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, Э Рэнд, アイン・ランド, איין ראנד, Айн Ренд, ኤይን ራንድ, Ajn Rènd, Rand, Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, Ayn Rand O'Connor, Aina Renda, ئاین راند, אין רנד, Alisa Zinov’evna Rozenbaum, Ajn Rėnd, Alice Rosenbaum, Розенбаум, Ayn Rand, Ајн Ранд, आयन रैंड, Alissa Rosenbaum, 艾茵·兰德, آين راند, 아인 랜드, Rand Ayn, Άυν Ραντ, Ayn Randová, Ajn Rand, അയ്ൻ റാൻഡ്, Айн Рэнд, Ayn R. O'Connor, آین رند, Այն Ռանդ, Alicja Rozenbaum, Айн Ранд, אליסה רוזנבאום, アイン ランド, Ain Rand, 兰德.安, அய்ன் ரேண்ட், Any Rosenbaum, איין רנד, Alissa Zinov'evna Rozenbaum
Born:
Feb. 2, 1905
Died:
March 6, 1982

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Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2, [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), known by her pen name Ayn Rand , was an American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system she named Objectivism. Born and educated in Russia, she moved to the United States in 1926. She had a play that opened on Broadway in 1935. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957, Rand published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays until her death in 1982. Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge and rejected faith and religion. She supported rational and ethical egoism and rejected altruism. In politics, she condemned the initiation of force as immoral and opposed collectivism, statism, and anarchism. Instead she supported laissez-faire capitalism, which she defined as the system based on recognizing individual rights, including property rights. Although she was opposed to libertarianism, which she viewed as anarchism, she is often associated with the modern libertarian movement. In …

Books by Ayn Rand