Ayn Rand
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Ayn Rand was a Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982) who developed influential ideas about individualism, capitalism, and human motivation through both her novels and philosophical works. Her thought has significantly shaped debates about the proper role of government, individual rights, and the ethics of self-interest in contemporary American culture and politics.
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Ayn Rand (pronounced /ˈaɪn ˈrænd/; February 2 [O.S. January 20] 1905 – March 6, 1982), was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her best-selling novels and for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism. Born to a Jewish family and educated in Russia, Rand emigrated to the United States in 1926. She worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood and had a play produced on Broadway in 1935-1936. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ayn+Rand">Read
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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 (/aɪn/ ), was a Russian-American writer and philosopher. She is known for her fiction and for developing a philosophical system which 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, Rand achieved fame with her 1943 novel The Fountainhead. In 1957, she published her best-selling 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.
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