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Ayn Rand, Writer: The Fountainhead. Ayn Rand was born on February 2, 1905 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. She was a writer and actress, known for The Fountainhead (1949), Love Letters (1945) and We the Living (1942). She was married to Frank O'Connor. She died on March 6, 1982 in New York City, New York, USA.
Ayn Rand [ˈaɪn ˈrænd], bürgerlich Alice O’Connor, geboren als Alissa Sinowjewna Rosenbaum, russisch Алиса Зиновьевна ...
Early Years Ayn Rand was born Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum on February 2, 1905, in St. Petersburg, Russia. The oldest daughter of Jewish parents (and eventually an avowed atheist), she spent her ...
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Objectivism is a philosophical system developed by Russian-American writer Ayn Rand.Rand first expressed Objectivism in her fiction, most notably The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), and later in non-fiction essays and books.
Ayn Rand, urodzona jako Alissa Zinowjewna Rosenbaum (ur. 2 lutego 1905 w Petersburgu , zm. 6 marca 1982 w Nowym Jorku ) – amerykańska pisarka i filozof pochodząca z rodziny rosyjskich Żydów, twórczyni filozofii obiektywizmu .
The Passion of Ayn Rand is a 1999 television film directed by Christopher Menaul. It is based on the book of the same name by Barbara Branden (one of Rand's former associates and Nathaniel Branden's first wife). The screenplay is written by Howard Korder and Mary Gallagher.
Ayn Rand described Objectivism as “a philosophy for living on earth.” This idea is at the heart of the Ayn Rand University, an online school of philosophy whose mission is to educate our students about Objectivism and to provide them with the intellectual, career, and life guidance they need to flourish.
Endnotes. 1 See Ayn Rand, “This is John Galt Speaking,” in Ayn Rand, For the New Intellectual (New York: Signet, 1961), esp. 124–52.. 2 See “For the New Intellectual”; Ayn Rand, “This is John Galt Speaking,” in For the New Intellectual; and Rand, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology, 2nd ed., edited by Harry Binswanger and Leonard Peikoff (New York: Penguin, 1990).
On arrival at Ellis Island, she changed into Ayn (after a name of some Finnish author, probably "Aino") Rand (which she said was an abbreviation of her Russian surname). She moved swiftly to Hollywood, where she learned English, worked in the RKO wardrobe department and as an extra, and wrote through the night on screenplays and novels.