Books by "Ayn Rand"

Ayn Rand, also known as Alissa Zinovievna Rosenbauam, was born in St Petersburg, Russia on February 2, 1905 to Jewish parents. Ayn Rand later moved to the United States, and became a controversial philosopher and novelist, mostly known for her philosophy of Objectivism. Her ideas and works mostly revolve around the human being and his potential which he is capable of achieving.

Her novels are based upon the Randian Hero, who is a man of excellent genius, which causes all others to reject him. He nevertheless persists to prove himself. Ayn's mission in life was to prove that the ideal man existed and made it a point to highlight the strength of the ideal man through her novels and literature.

Arriving in the United States in February 1926 aged only 21 years old, Ayn Rand had to initially struggle in Hollywood to pay for her expenses. In the course of time, she married an aspiring actor Frank O’Conner in 1929. Eventually, she met with her first literary success in 1932 with the sale of her screenplay Red Pawn. Ayn Rand successfully wrote a play The Night of January 16th in 1934 and also published two novels We The Living in 1936 and Anthem in 1938. The former was also made into a film in 1942 without Rand's knowledge.

Ayn Rand is best known for her novel The Fountainhead that she wrote in 1943. She initially met with rejection to get it printed, but it was later picked up by Bobbs-Merrill and became so successfull that Rand became financially secure and famous as well. She gave a series of successful talks at various universities such as Yale University, Columbia University, The University of Wisconsin, John Hopkins University, Harvard University, and other universities between 1960 and 1962.  Her "magnum opus" Atlas Shrugged was published in 1957. It is her best work on the Objectivist philosophy. She died on March 6, 1982 and was buried at the Kensico Cemetery in New York.