Ayn Rand

Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
	Rand in 1943
Native name	Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум
Born	Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum; February 2, 1905; St. Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died	March 6, 1982 (aged 77); New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Resting place	Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, New York, U.S.A.
Pen name	Ayn Rand
Occupation	Writer
Language	English
Citizenship	Russian Empire (1905–1917); Russian Republic (1917); Russian SFSR (1917–1922); Soviet Union (1922–1931); United States (1931–1982);
Alma mater	Petrograd State University (diploma in history, 1924)
Period	1934–1982
Subject	Philosophy
Notable works	The Fountainhead; Atlas Shrugged; more...;
Notable awards	Prometheus Award – Hall of Fame; 1983 Atlas Shrugged ; 1987 Anthem ;
Spouse	Frank O'Connor (m. 1929; died 1979)
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Alice O'Connor (born Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum Russian: Алиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум, [aˈlʲɪsa zʲɪˈnovʲɪvnə rəzʲɪnˈbaʊm].^[1].February 2 [O.S. January 20], 1905 – March 6, 1982), better known by her pen name Ayn Rand (/aɪn/),^[2] was a Russian-born American writer, screenwriter, playwright and philosopher.^[3]

She published several popular books in the United States during the mid-1900s, including her two best-selling novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead. She also wrote We the Living and Anthem. Her novels promoted a viewpoint of laissez-faire capitalism as a political and social goal. It is a kind of political philosophy known in the U.S.A. as libertarian conservatism. She called this philosophy 'objectivism'.

Her husband was American actor and artist Frank O'Connor.

↑ Most sources transliterate her given name as either Alisa or Alissa
↑ Gladstein 1999, p. 9.
↑ Branden, Barbara (1986). The Passion of Ayn Rand. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company. ISBN 0-385-19171-5. OCLC 12614728.