A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
Alice O’Connor
Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum
Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum
Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum
Alisa Zinov’evna Rozenbaum
Alissa Sinowjewna Rosenbaum
Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum
Birthplace:
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Born:
February 2, 1905
Died:
March 6, 1982
Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand, was a Russian-born 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. After two early novels that were initially unsuccessful and two Broadway plays, she achieved fame with her 1943 novel, The Fountainhead. In 1957, Rand published her best-known work, the novel Atlas Shrugged. Afterward, until her death in 1982, she turned to non-fiction to promote her philosophy, publishing her own periodicals and releasing several collections of essays. Rand advocated reason as the only means of acquiring knowledge; she 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 private property rights. Although Rand opposed libertarianism, which she viewed as anarchism, she is often associated with the modern libertarian movement in the United States. In art, Rand promoted romantic realism. She was sharply critical of most philosophers and philosophical traditions known to her, except for Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, and classical liberals. Rand's fiction received mixed reviews from literary critics. Although academic interest in her ideas has grown since her death, academic philosophers have generally ignored or rejected her philosophy because of her polemical approach and lack of methodological rigor. Her writings have politically influenced some libertarians and conservatives. The Objectivist movement attempts to spread her ideas, both to the public and in academic settings. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ayn Rand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Novel:
1942 We the Living, Part One
1942 We the Living, Part Two
1949 The Fountainhead
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2014 Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Original Story:
1942 We the Living, Part One
1942 We the Living, Part Two
1949 The Fountainhead
1989 Gawaahi
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2014 Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Screenplay:
1942 We the Living, Part One
1942 We the Living, Part Two
1945 Love Letters
1949 The Fountainhead
1989 Gawaahi
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2014 Atlas Shrugged: Part III
Short Story:
1942 We the Living, Part One
1942 We the Living, Part Two
1945 Love Letters
1949 The Fountainhead
1989 Gawaahi
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2014 Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2017 The Simplest Thing in the World
Theatre Play:
1941 The Night of January 16th
1942 We the Living, Part One
1942 We the Living, Part Two
1945 Love Letters
1949 The Fountainhead
1989 Gawaahi
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2014 Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2017 The Simplest Thing in the World
Writer:
1941 The Night of January 16th
1942 We the Living, Part One
1942 We the Living, Part Two
1945 Love Letters
1945 You Came Along
1949 The Fountainhead
1989 Gawaahi
2011 Atlas Shrugged: Part I
2012 Atlas Shrugged: Part II
2014 Atlas Shrugged: Part III
2017 The Simplest Thing in the World
Novel:
???? Atlas Shrugged
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