Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 16
Movies 15
Writer 10
self 4
TV Shows 1
The Anarchists (2022)
Silicon Valley, empire du futur (2018)
The Simplest Thing in the World (2017)
Atlas Shrugged: Part III: Who Is John Galt? (2014)
Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012)
Atlas Shrugged: Part I (2011)
Ayn Rand: In Her Own Words (2011)
Red Hollywood (1996)
Gawaahi (1989)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Love Letters (1945)
You Came Along (1945)
We the Living, Part Two (1942)
We the Living, Part One (1942)
The Night of January 16th (1941)
The King of Kings (1927)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1905-02-02
Deathday1982-03-06 (77 years old)
Birth NameАлиса Зиновьевна Розенбаум
Birth PlaceSaint Petersburg, Russia
Religionatheism
RelationshipsFrank O'Connor (1929-04-15 - 1979-11-09)
CitizenshipsRussian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Russian Republic, Russian Empire, Soviet Union, United States of America
Also Known AsAlissa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, Alisa Zinovyevna Rosenbaum, Alissa Sinowjewna Rosenbaum, Alice O’Connor, Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum, Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum, Alisa Zinov’evna Rozenbaum
AwardsPrometheus Award - Hall of Fame
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