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# Ayn Rand

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Ayn Rand (1905-1982) was a popular and controversial American philosopher and novelist. She was born Alyssa (or Alice) Rosenbaum in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 2, 1905. Rand immigrated to the United States in 1926, changing her name to Ayn Rand.

After living in Chicago for a short time, Rand moved to Hollywood and began writing for the movie industry. She met an actor, [Frank O'Connor]?, by tripping him on purpose, and married him in 1929.

Rand released [The Night of January 16th]?, a play, in 1934, and published two commercially unsuccessful novels, [We The Living]? (1936), and Anthem? (1938).

Rand's first major success came with the best-selling novel, [The Fountainhead]? (1943).

In 1951 Rand met psychology student [Nathaniel Branden]?, who became Rand's first follower, and later a romantic partner, with the acceptance of their respective spouses.

Rand then wrote the philosophical novel Atlas Shrugged (1957), also a best seller. Along with Branden, she launched the Objectivist movement to promote her philosophy of Objectivism.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, Rand developed and promoted her Objectivist philosophy through non-fiction works.

Rand broke with Branden in 1968 amid accusations of infidelity.

She died March 6, 1982.

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